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As an American who appreciates a strictly literal interpretation of the first amendment, it's very funny to me that a German not only takes pride in their gover
by robgibbons 2y ago
As an American who appreciates a strictly literal interpretation of the first amendment, it's very funny to me that a German not only takes pride in their government hunting down and suppressing inconvenient speech, but wants the rest of the world to fall in line.
- teaearlgraycold 2y agoYeah they’re real Nazis about it.
- froggy 2y agoI’m an American. I saw it on 60 Minutes last night. Any reason why you prefer the strictly literal interpretation? The difference between a personal insult and a criticism of something someone has done seems pretty clear cut to me. We could use more constructive discourse especially in the US.
- robgibbons 2y agoEvery amendment should be taken literally. How else should your rights be interpreted? Figuratively? I agree with you that people are much better off using constructive dialogue, and communities like HN are much better off because of moderation, but the idea of some government agency tracking down and fining trolls is to me a laughable suggestion.
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- numba888 2y agoStretching and bending can go long way. Did you know there are zillons of sexes now? It's not the brain, it's the wrong body. For each psychological disorder.
- ergonaught 2y agoYou know the first amendment was written by people who would shoot you for running your mouth, right?
- numba888 2y agoyou mean this one: “I wholly disapprove of what you say and will defend to the death your right to say...
- ergonaught 2y agoI am referring to the history of dueling in this country, but I’m not seeing a whole lot of people engaged with reality here.
- numba888 2y agoduels happened everywhere, that was normal. you can't judge ancestors by modern standards.
- numba888 2y agoThe power of brainwashing. The results are somewhat unreal. Britons want Ukrainians to fight more than Ukrainians themselves. The explanation is Britons don't see hundreds of thousands deaths. Their media reprints reports from Zelinkiy office which state just a few thousands. This is called 'Support Ukraine' and they are proud of it. Till the last Ukrainian. Some politicians are more open and clearly say it's a cheap way to kill Russians. They want the war to continue. This is called 'strong position' or 'position of power'.
- immibis 2y agoWe are kind of in the middle of a speech war right now. The speech doesn't directly cause harm - but susceptible individuals cause harm via non-speech actions on the basis of that speech. It's fine if your opinion on the best way to fight a war is to not fight, but that's just your opinion and not necessarily a good one.