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> It's in our interest to safeguard and preserve rights that protect our speech. In this context, 'our' includes people who (I fervently believe) use their spe
by WarOnPrivacy 3y ago
> It's in our interest to safeguard and preserve rights that protect our speech.
In this context, 'our' includes people who (I fervently believe) use their speech to make the world a worse place. Because that's what it means.
It also means that I do not have to carry, parrot, amplify or provide a space for their speech.
- vacuity 3y agoFreedom comes with a cost, but using a bludgeon like the US Supreme Court to outlaw "bad speech" today may have severe repercussions tomorrow. We should look for other solutions. Social solutions for social problems.
- 15457345234 3y ago> It also means that I do not have to carry, parrot, amplify or provide a space for their speech. You don't, if you're a private individual, but if you're a huge company that provides a space that's become a de-facto public square then you do, because if you don't, you're affecting freedom of speech in a meaningful way by providing everyone apart from a certain few individuals with a giant megaphone, pushing up the background noise level. To clarify: Twitter and FB are de-facto public squares, this is fact. Free speech includes the freedom to be heard, and giving everyone a vuvuzela apart from a few prevents those people from having the freedom to be heard. Of course - if you're such a company - you also have the freedom to not do business at all. Which would probably be better.