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You don't draw the line. Some of you have a real problem understanding the entire meaning of free speech. If you just think a few steps ahead you'll understan
by DrThunder 4y ago
You don't draw the line.
Some of you have a real problem understanding the entire meaning of free speech. If you just think a few steps ahead you'll understand that if you "draw the line" then someone has to be the arbiter of truth. That arbiter will not always be on your side as we've seen over and over throughout history.
If you see someone touting a blatant lie you only need o refute it with actual evidence. Suppression of this stuff will do nothing but cause you to look like you're trying to hide evidence for some nefarious reason.
You do not get to play mother to an entire nation of people and decide what they are allowed to see and not see. Grow up, act like an adult and realize you're going to hear things that aren't true and things you don't agree with. This is how civil discussion takes place.
- steeve 4y ago"Some of you": nice. You do sound like someone who never had to decide anything in their life and thinks only theoretically, disregarding reality. Absolute free speech is dividing by zero, basically.
- IG_Semmelweiss 4y agowhy are you moving goalposts? parent did not say you are free to yell fire in a crowded theater
- steeve 4y agoHow am I moving goalpost? Parent is living in a fantasy world where pure argumentation replaces BS. I'm guessing Jan 6 and COVID proved that world doesn't exist.
- AnimalMuppet 4y agoThere's an alternate fantasy world where authorities never wrongly decide what truth is. I'm guessing the 20th century proved that world doesn't exist, either. So: We live in a world where there's lots of BS, much of it deliberately malicious, and in a world where authority figures will misuse authority over "truth", sometimes deliberately and blatantly to further their own power. Now what? What is the best strategy for maximizing good and minimizing harm in the world we actually live in?
- steeve 4y agoThat’s my point: talking in a absolutes gets us nowhere, because the world is messy and value is in nuance. Absolute free speech being a singularity, the point is that there ought to be some kind of regulation, the amount of which is a work in progress.