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This comment is exactly an example of why “free speech at all costs” is unlikely to work.
by blackqueeriroh 4y ago
This comment is exactly an example of why “free speech at all costs” is unlikely to work.
- igravious 4y agoshow me the point in my chain of reasoning where i defended "free speech at all costs" to my mind i made a very reasonable defense of "free speech even for speech i find objectionable and disagree with but ultimately must tolerate in the interests of the inviolable principle of freedom of expression for all not just for my bubble" – that's the position i'm arguing for and nothing more. "at all costs" != "free speech even for speech i find objectionable […]" "at all costs" goes far further and is not something i am arguing for > is unlikely to work. i'll go one stronger – “free speech at all costs” cannot work. but that's fine because that's not what i'm arguing for. what i'm arguing for ("free speech even for speech i find objectionable […]") must work because that's the foundation a free society is built on. otherwise, all bets are off and the spoils go to those most willing to use covert and/or draconian measures to achieve their ends