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How free is speech when the only medium allowed is concurrent shouting? After all the attempts by governments to disorganize citizens through censorship and out
by ultrarunner 4y ago
How free is speech when the only medium allowed is concurrent shouting? After all the attempts by governments to disorganize citizens through censorship and outright internet blockages, I almost can't think of a better approach than to simply make platforms so drowned in chaos as to be unusable.
- Dalewyn 4y ago>How free is speech when the only medium allowed is concurrent shouting? I would argue that is the /epitome/ of free speech.
- pr0zac 4y agoI completely disagree with your opinion but I do appreciate how consistent and fully aware of the outcomes consequences you are being with it.
- PenguinCoder 4y agoSo to you, only the most vocal users, shouting the most popular things, with everything else removed or hidden, is the epitome of free speech?
- Dalewyn 4y agoSpeech hindered by nothing is the epitome of free speech. And no, other speech is not a hinderance of your speech and vice versa.
- PenguinCoder 4y agohttps://xkcd.com/1357/ https://xkcd.com/1357/ > I can't remember where I heard this, but someone once said that defending a position by citing free speech is sort of the ultimate concession; you're saying that the most compelling thing you can say for your position is that it's not literally illegal to express.
- ultrarunner 4y agoEspecially in the current case, it's an outcome only arrived at through force.