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Free speech does exist in the law, not just as an ethical ideal. The law states that the government can’t infringe on your speech. Anyone who is not the govern
by ses1984 8mo ago
Free speech does exist in the law, not just as an ethical ideal. The law states that the government can’t infringe on your speech.
Anyone who is not the government is free to block your ass if they don’t like you or what you’re saying.
Not all speech is worth defending. The only people who benefit from free speech absolutism are the ones with only horrible things to say.
- xigoi 8mo agoI am fine with blocking. However, it should be me who decides whose speech I don’t want to see, not someone else.
- __d 8mo agoSo run your own instance. Using someone else’s instance is just outsourcing your decisions. Other people might be ok with or even enthusiastic about that, but that shouldn’t be your problem.
- GOD_Over_Djinn 8mo agoI don’t think that anyone has an issue with the block feature. The problem is when the platforms themselves decide to arbitrate which viewpoints are allowed. This was clearly visible during Covid, when divergent viewpoints were penalized aggressively.
- jasomill 8mo agoThe union of everything considered horrible by significant fractions of the American public over the years suggests otherwise.