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The right to free speech also imposes an unenforced responsibility to use that speech wisely. The internet and smartphones enabled people to easily and quickly:
by afarrell 4y ago
The right to free speech also imposes an unenforced responsibility to use that speech wisely. The internet and smartphones enabled people to easily and quickly:
- Send true threats to people, which were always illegal.
- Publish things that are legal, but far more uselessly divisive and stress-inducing than if they'd needed to take time to edit it.
- Wake up and immediately read ambiguous language uncharitably as a threat.
the rise in the irresponsible publishing and uncharitable reading of speech has led more people to decide that we can no longer have nice things.