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> Freedom of Speech != Freedom of Consequence This is becoming rather a tedious thought-terminating cliché in some circles. They rarely specify who should dete
by Veen 5y ago
> Freedom of Speech != Freedom of Consequence
This is becoming rather a tedious thought-terminating cliché in some circles. They rarely specify who should determine the consequences and which consequences are acceptable, which is usually exactly what's being discussed.
As in this case, where the discussion is whether losing one's job is an acceptable consequence when your beliefs lead you to action, inaction, or speech someone in power doesn't like.
- elzbardico 5y agoIndeed, this was a very common argument by the regime apologists in South American military dictatorships.