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I do not find my right to speak, or speak truth to power to be restricted unncessarily Again, this is not an axis with good on one end and bad on the other. It
by causality0 4y ago
I do not find my right to speak, or speak truth to power to be restricted unncessarily
Again, this is not an axis with good on one end and bad on the other. It's an axis between fewer limits and more limits.
- MattPalmer1086 4y agoI don't understand your point. I agree the law is more restrictive in Europe, but not restrictive in ways that limit my freedom in ways that matter to me. I was questioning why you see it as authoritarian. Are you saying that any law is authoritarian?
- causality0 4y agoI said it was "more authoritarian". Perhaps it was a poor choice of words.
- MattPalmer1086 4y agoThat could be it. I think this relates to the cultural context. People in the US are fierce defenders of free speech, and I can see why any attempt to restrict it there would be seen as authoritarian. In Europe, after the horrors of the second world war (and our entire history really) we aren't so keen to let people stir up hatred among us. So restricting things like that is not being imposed on the majority of us;we want those restrictions for the most part. So doesn't feel authoritarian at all.