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Peace, order, and good government. There's something to it. More people will be able to express themselves fully and openly if a tiny minority isn't screaming,
by multiplegeorges 4y ago
Peace, order, and good government.
There's something to it. More people will be able to express themselves fully and openly if a tiny minority isn't screaming, throwing excrement, and/or threatening violence.
- kareemsabri 4y agoSo goes the argument. I don't think the author has really proven it, it was pretty theoretical. It's not clear the tiny minority won't just weaponize the powers that be to silence those that disagree with them even further. That said, I don't think free speech is a utilitarian principle (greatest good for the greatest number) but rather a deontological one, that it is wrong to muzzle an individuals right to express themselves as a first order effect. The author's argument describes second or nth order effects.