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Any limit on free speech is short-sighted in the extreme, and only makes 'sense' in a totalitarian regime which will never become democratic. At some point the
by retox 5y ago
Any limit on free speech is short-sighted in the extreme, and only makes 'sense' in a totalitarian regime which will never become democratic. At some point the speech you agree with today will be illegal tomorrow, and at that time the laws that restrict speech that you so cherished will make it impossible to ever go back to the previous position, making violent overthrow of the regime the only option.