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That could not be further from the truth. There’s plenty of offensive speech that isn’t suppressed (personal insults, porn/other things that used to be consider
by jakelazaroff 3y ago
That could not be further from the truth. There’s plenty of offensive speech that isn’t suppressed (personal insults, porn/other things that used to be considered “obscene”) and there’s plenty of inoffensive speech that is (spam, sometimes defamation).
- hotdogscout 3y agoNo speech is suppressed where free speech is valued as a right, probably your case. You would find that porn and personal insults are not legal in many parts of the world. The Chinese government has adopted a zero-tolerance policy toward so-called sexual content. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pornography_in_China To them it is offensive therefore illegal. Again, protecting offensive speech is the point behind free speech as a human right. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech I don't know how those examples relate to my point. "protecting offensive speech is the point behind free speech as a human right."
- jakelazaroff 3y agoYou said: > If speech is not offensive it wouldn't be suppressed My point is that's not true, and it's trivial to find counterexamples. I listed a few in my comment.
- hotdogscout 3y agoDefamation is offensive, Spam is not suppressed speech(?).
- jakelazaroff 3y agoYou can defame a corporation, in which case there’s no one to take offense. As for spam: look up the long list of rules in the CAN-SPAM act, for example.