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| Topic | Is freedom of speech dying? |
| darkknight109 05/15/17 6:04:03 AM #14: | Zeus posted... That's not really what free speech is all about. Right now, a person in China can have their message heard by millions, but they could be arrested immediately afterward for saying it. Free speech isn't about merely just having the ability to be heard, but having the freedom to be heard without fear of imprisonment or violence. Oh, in that case... Wait, no, even if you use that metric we're STILL in the greatest era of free speech in the history of the world. Are people getting shouted down and threatened for voicing certain viewpoints amongst certain crowds? Yes. But, contrary to what the alarmists would have you believe, that's not new. When I was a child you could provoke that same reaction by advocating for gay rights. Before that, suggesting that non-whites were people too was grounds for violence and, far from coming in to break things up, the police would often take part. Today's "violent censorship" is actually pretty tame by comparison. That doesn't make it right, but all the wailing about free speech dying is overblown. --- Kill 1 man: You are a murderer. Kill 10 men: You are a monster. Kill 100 men: You are a hero. Kill 10,000 men, you are a conqueror! ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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