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It’s also arrogant to believe you are an honest arbiter of what crosses the line. There is a good reason the U.S. errs on the side of free speech. People forge
by merpnderp 3y ago
It’s also arrogant to believe you are an honest arbiter of what crosses the line. There is a good reason the U.S. errs on the side of free speech.
People forget we used to throw people in the stocks for gossiping about their neighbors or spreading rumors about priests (even if all true)
- slg 3y ago>It’s also arrogant to believe you are an honest arbiter of what crosses the line. Once again, this is removing the nuance of the issue. I don't think anyone would say it is arrogant to suggest that child porn crosses the line into bad speech. And to be clear, I'm not trying to draw the line myself. I am asking that we have an open debate about that line. It is the free speech absolutists that are taking the arrogant position by refusing the debate and establishing that line themselves.