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I'm shocked that some people think the right to free speech shouldn't encompass libel and violent threats. /s

• throwawayswede 5y ago
  That's not what people who advocate for absolute free speech think. It is an aspect of our broader right to liberty: the right to take such actions as each of us judges proper, so long as we do not initiate force against others. Defamation laws protect are to protect people who feel have been subject to libel speech in a way that affects their reputation or careers for example.
  • uniqueid 5y ago
    That's not what people who advocate for absolute free speech think. I have no opinion on that. My comment was about the statement 'free speech is not an absolute human right' whose truth is obvious enough to not be very interesting.
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• totony 5y ago
  The only reason libel and violent threat are taken seriously is because people go to so much trouble in preventing them. If libel were made legal, people would think harder about the truthfulness of what they read/hear for example.