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Do whatever they want or say whatever they want? A free speech absolutist would argue that they should be able to say whatever they want. I like free speech a
by rufus_foreman 3y ago
Do whatever they want or say whatever they want?
A free speech absolutist would argue that they should be able to say whatever they want.
I like free speech absolutists.
- pixl97 3y agoYou're going 10 over on the highway and a cop pulls you over. As he walks up to the car with his hand on his gun he screams "Give me all your fucking money" I mean he's not pointing his gun at you, he's not saying he's going to shoot you in the face, but my guess your free speech absolutist ass is totally crapping in your pants. Free speech absolutists can screw off just as much as the authoritarian should.
- iraqmtpizza 3y agoCould have sworn that free speech absolutists had a brandishing exception
- rufus_foreman 3y ago>> Give me all your fucking money That's called the IRS. Should they be allowed to say that?
- krapp 3y agoJust challenge them to a vigorous debate on the facts.
- andrewinardeer 3y agoSince when have cops cared about facts?
- fernandotakai 3y agonah, that's called civil forfeiture and can be done by cops. and it's 100% legal. https://reason.com/category/criminal-justice/civil-asset-forfeiture/ https://reason.com/category/criminal-justice/civil-asset-for...
- maxerickson 3y agoI guess I don't see a particularly interesting distinction while they are acting as an agent of the state. Saying is doing. If they don't want to follow some rules they can quit, it isn't an infringement on their rights for them to have a code of conduct while acting as the state (which one form of that is a law that they have to follow).
- rufus_foreman 3y agoEverybody can quit. Everyone can quit their jobs. There are consequences of that, also for everybody. You're saying that agents of the state don't have free speech rights, well, OK. I get that argument. Free speech absolutists are interesting to me.