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Do you think there should be any kind of moderation for hate speech?
by _vqpz 9mo ago
Do you think there should be any kind of moderation for hate speech?
- MrMember 9mo agoFrom the government? Absolutely not.
- _vqpz 9mo agoNo, and I was not asking you
- afpx 9mo agoThe people of the world seem to underestimate how important free speech is to the typical US citizen. No one else in the world has free speech rights. We view it as very important to have. What this allows: - Hate speech (non-violent) - Holocaust/genocide denial - Blasphemy and religious mockery - Insulting leaders, judges, and the state - Burning flags and national symbols - Abstract praise of extremist ideologies - Offensive political misinformation - Harsh personal insults (non-defamatory) - Publishing leaked material - Advocacy of civil disobedience in the abstract An outsider many view that as going "too far", but you limit one, it's the path to limiting them all.
- mdhb 9mo agoThis is just such a ridiculous joke in 2026 that nobody outside the US and many inside it could continue to take the idea that the US has any actual interest in free speech as a principled argument. We have all just watched for the last decade the people who cried the loudest about it immediately do a 180 the moment they got the political power to practice it. I can’t think of a single prominent “free speech absolutist” who didn’t fail this test miserably and immediately. So no, I don’t actually believe that the US values it above all else, I think that’s some bullshit that people say because they are only interested in the idea that they personally can say and do whatever they feel like and it doesn’t extend beyond that in practice.
- karmakurtisaani 9mo agoThe free speech absolutist is such a hilarious caricature these days. "I might not agree with what you say, but I'll defend your right to say it!" Well, as long as it's hateful and not woke or about (shivers in disgust) labor unions.
- afpx 9mo agoYou seem pretty upset. I get how it's difficult to think when one has high anxiety. But, when one slows down a little bit, it makes more sense.
- mdhb 9mo agoplease do go ahead and correct me and name your top 3 free speech absolutists so we can all see how I was “being too emotional” and couldn’t see the obvious truth right in front of me about how free speech really is a deeply held belief of the nation.
- laughing_man 9mo agoNo, except what the site owner wants to do to foster a particular type of community.
- cmxch 9mo agoNot from a government, or with any power, influence, or assistance imparted by government to effect or enforce it.