throwaway389234

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   by throwaway389234 2y ago

   > But, of course, you don't care about that or what happens to people's families when they are targeted. I made an effort to have a conversation. This breaks the rules of Hacker News by assuming bad faith.
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   by throwaway389234 2y ago

   Sure, that is what I said as an argument. Free speech being a right means there is no merit to it being a consequence. Being in a car crash might be the consequence of driving a car. But if someone drives at high speed in the wrong lane and
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   by throwaway389234 2y ago

   Free speech in the US is about not having consequences for what you are saying. In particular not having consequences from the government. Therefor you can only say that it is a legitimate consequence if you disregard free speech. Free spee
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   by throwaway389234 2y ago

   I should add that I'm not referring to beepbooptheory, but in response to "are we really still doing this now?".
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   by throwaway389234 2y ago

   It is a smaller step to further the justifications than to deal with the often severe implications (to the self-image) of having been wrong. The more obvious it becomes having been wrong, the more necessary the justifications are and the mo