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Freedom of speech does imply that people will say unpopular things. And Westboro Babtist Church does fall under this protection. Regarding extrajudicial consequ
by marvin 13y ago
Freedom of speech does imply that people will say unpopular things. And Westboro Babtist Church does fall under this protection. Regarding extrajudicial consequences of e.g. whistleblowing in the private sector, I think that this area needs explicit protections since the consequences of pissing someone off are so severe. (From what I gather, whistleblowing against a US employer is more or less career suicide). It goes without saying that this is a democratic problem.
In fact, the protection of the freedom of speech is another prominent example that if you just leave the market forces to sort things out, you will eventually end up with a situation that is in opposition to the ideal of a functioning democratic society.
- hahainternet 13y ago> And Westboro Babtist Church does fall under this protection Not in the first world.
- hyperventilator 13y agoYeah, in some parts of the "first world" you can do prison time for a tweet.
- hahainternet 13y agoYou can do prison time for a tweet anywhere that has any harassment, libel, obscenity, juror protection or many many other laws. What's the betting you only disagree with a single subcategory of these.
- hyperventilator 13y agoI suppose you can defend giving someone jailtime for hurt feelings, but it sounds pretty stupid to me.
- hahainternet 13y agoWell I'll just go let all those victims of harassment know that it doesn't matter how they feel, hyperventilator has overridden them.
- hyperventilator 13y agoYay, nanny state!