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Curious which jurisdiction you operate-from. If it’s within the United States, you probably haven’t done much else but “vigorously defend” the ideology for most
by fleetwoodsnack 4y ago
Curious which jurisdiction you operate-from. If it’s within the United States, you probably haven’t done much else but “vigorously defend” the ideology for most of your life. There’s never been an absolute right to freedom of speech, and each jurisdiction takes a different approach; this is even more pronounced internationally.
- whatshisface 4y agoThe United States has more freedom of speech than just about anywhere else, although it was a recent development, only coming into its full modern form after a hard fight the 1970s.
- lovich 4y agoIt does, while noticeably not being 100% free
- cromulent 4y agoHmmm. I was reminded of the "free speech zones" when I read your comment. It's hard to judge, of course, but the USA is 42nd in freedom of speech from one press/media perspective. https://rsf.org/en/index https://rsf.org/en/index
- whatshisface 4y agoThe RSF index includes a lot of things that are beyond the freedom of speech in terms of no law being passed to infringe it, like "economic constraints linked to non-state actors (advertisers and commercial partners)," or "cultural constraints, including pressure on journalists to not question certain bastions of power or influence or not cover certain issues because it would run counter to the prevailing culture in the country or territory."