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Free speech does not seem to be enjoying much love from the population either. In the whole West, people who call themselves liberals demand further and furthe
by inglor_cz 4y ago
Free speech does not seem to be enjoying much love from the population either.
In the whole West, people who call themselves liberals demand further and further restrictions on speech in the name of niceness (no hate!) and accuracy (no misinformation!)
It is a road to hell paved with good intentions as usual, but we will have to relive the anti-utopia again to understand why free speech is valuable.
- einpoklum 4y ago> we will have to relive the anti-utopia again to understand why free speech is valuable. Aren't we already in a privacy anti-utopia, with pervasive, nearly universal surveillance by the large tech companies and the info going to the US government and perhaps its "five eyes" allies?
- andrekandre 4y ago> liberals demand further and further restrictions on speech in the name of niceness (no hate!) and accuracy (no misinformation!) is this referring to privately owned services? if you cant control your own forums, wont your service quickly get overwhelmed by trolls and scammers?
- inglor_cz 4y agoNot everywhere is the USA and erosion of speech rights in some other countries has already reached the level of "causing emotional distress is a crime".
- andrekandre 4y ago> some other countries has already reached the level of "causing emotional distress is a crime". really? whats the cause of that?