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Freedom of speech is foundational for other rights. Take that away, and the other rights might as well not exist.
by flenserboy 4y ago
Freedom of speech is foundational for other rights. Take that away, and the other rights might as well not exist.
- ivan_gammel 4y agoThis is not correct. Nobody takes it away. It is limited by other rights through the laws that explain when and how the rights should be balanced.
- flenserboy 4y agoTalk of "balances between rights" always ends up in restrictions on liberty. Communitarianism sounds possibly workable until you start to realize that those making the laws you mention (if you're lucky to get them instead of vague guidelines, and then Katie bar the door) and those adjudicating the laws will only decide on the side of whatever benefits them and their cronies. That's taking away freedom of speech, that's taking away all sorts of rights. Liberty is too precious to leave it to politicians and bureaucrats.