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Freedom of speech is problematic. The spread of covid misinformation today is as bad as shouting "fire" in a crowded theater and the people doing it on social m
by duped 5y ago
Freedom of speech is problematic. The spread of covid misinformation today is as bad as shouting "fire" in a crowded theater and the people doing it on social media or in public should be held criminally culpable.
- AnnoyedComment 5y agoShouting fire in a theater is protected speech.
- armchairhacker 5y agoI agree, except the issue with banning speech is that there’s no fine line. When does “covid misinformation” go from conspiracy theories (5G microchips) to skepticism (“does [X measure] really slow the spread”) to hard truths (the vaccine does cause adverse side effects in a small subset of the population). I have no problem censoring blatant misinformation, but i’d rather be more tolerant than censor something that might be true or modest.
- version_five 5y agoThis is a mainstream view
- mikewarot 5y agoHad the public health authorities not burned through their credibility in the past, there wouldn't be a massive issue with non-authoritative views. It didn't help that they changed stories multiple times for dubious reasons.