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Lots of things killed people last year, including the lock down. Being allowed to criticize things like that is what separates us from countries that lack democ
by swiley 5y ago
Lots of things killed people last year, including the lock down. Being allowed to criticize things like that is what separates us from countries that lack democracy.
- LordDragonfang 5y agoGermany has certain very strict policies about whether you're allowed to discuss certain things, and they outrank the US by 30 positions on the World Press Freedom Index[1]. Sometimes you have to suppress bad actors who willfully push unverified or outright fallacious information in order to have actual freedom of information. [1] https://rsf.org/en/ranking_table https://rsf.org/en/ranking_table
- swiley 5y agoSuppressing criticism of the government should always be considered unacceptable. Doing so trivially allows some nasty social pathologies.
- salawat 5y agoLet us not use Germany as an example of a place that justifies regulating speech. That particular quirk of German jurisprudence has so much baggage behind it, it really isn't worth bringing to the conversation.