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Do you think allowing an enemy state free reign to broadcast propaganda to your population makes good tactical sense?
by multjoy 1y ago
Do you think allowing an enemy state free reign to broadcast propaganda to your population makes good tactical sense?
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- dvdkon 1y agoFreedom of speech rarely makes "tactical sense", which is why we as citizens need to continually fight for it.
- fireflash38 1y agoThe irony of freedom of speech, much like democracy in general, is that it can destroy itself.
- zahlman 1y agoThis is inconsistent with the upthread argument: > The RT ban is not about what RT publishes, you are free to publish their arguments more or less verbatim on your own site without getting sanctioned in Europe (which indeed some people do).
- multjoy 1y agoThe difference is they're not an enemy sovereign state. This isn't contradictory or illogical.
- jdiff 1y agoIt is not. People are allowed to do what they will, as long as those people are not the outlet itself. The propaganda outlet loses control over it and cannot push the media through, only hope that others pull it from them.
- logicchains 1y agoIf you believe in any kind of system of morality, it's absolutely possible for one's own government to be in the moral wrong and the enemy government to be in the moral right. Censorship means the citizens may never learn that their country is the bad guy in that case.
- zx8080 1y agosomehow missed the fact that the EU has declared war already
- multjoy 1y agoYou don't need to declare war to have enemies. After all, Russia has launched chemical and radiological attacks on EU states.
- 0x073 1y agoparadox of tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance