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>> How does even harmful speech (e.g. your examples) prevent your freedom of expression? Fear, threat of property and physical harm.
by adamredwoods 4y ago
>> How does even harmful speech (e.g. your examples) prevent your freedom of expression?
Fear, threat of property and physical harm.
- yucky 4y agoSo...eat the rich? Seize the means of production? ACAB? Things like that qualify?
- willnonya 4y agoThat is not the same thing though is it. People today fear being socially ostracized or losing a career over crossing an undefined or subjective line. Neither of these fears are the same as actually preventing someone from expressing their views. When threats become actual violence there are already laws to address that. Trying to preemptively protect people from mean words invariably harms more people than it purports to protect.
- croes 4y ago>When threats become actual violence Only physical violence or does psychological violence count too? What about cyberbullying and mobbing?