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> "Group A says “violence is never ok”." Setting aside that using violence as the example of harm done is prejudicial, this flaw in this analogy is the "never
by ThrowawayR2 4y ago
> "Group A says “violence is never ok”."
Setting aside that using violence as the example of harm done is prejudicial, this flaw in this analogy is the "never ok", which is a hidden assumption of the mythical "free speech absolutism" that nearly no one subscribes to. As I have remarked elsewhere in this thread, believing that interfering with speech in some situations is wrong does not logically imply a belief that interfering with speech in all situations is wrong. So there is, at least in my opinion, still no hypocrisy.
- bandyaboot 4y agoThe fact that the real world belief and the analogized belief are both absolutes is not an important detail of the point that the analogy gets at.