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> Your freedom to be an imbecile takes away my freedom of living in an imbecile-free society. Unfortunately for you, this "freedom of living in an imbecile-fre
by csdvrx 3y ago
> Your freedom to be an imbecile takes away my freedom of living in an imbecile-free society.
Unfortunately for you, this "freedom of living in an imbecile-free society" does not grant you or the government to decide which opinions (as forms of speech) are "imbecile", and to limit their spread through censorship.
- surgical_fire 3y agoWhy are you trying to remove my freedom to decide who is an imbecile? Why are you censoring me?
- csdvrx 3y agoThis is very correct and I should have phrased things differently: you can call any idea or opinion "stupid", and you can also scream whatever you want, but you can't do anything to limit their spread through censorship (and there may be more people, also with louder voices than you :)
- surgical_fire 3y agoPrecisely. Perhaps now you understand my original point.
- csdvrx 3y agoNot fully, as I like my american freedom a whole lot more than comfort: I'll take a free but imbecile-full society with free speech + the freedom to bear arm over the european version of """free speech""" + restriction of gun ownership to the police and the military. Curiously enough, that seem to goes hand-in-hand with the police throwing hand grenades and using RPG against protesters - this may be A-ok in Europe, but that wouldn't fly here.
- surgical_fire 3y agoWoosh