I don't know what that means. You either support free exchange of ideas in places for exchanging ideas or not.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @knwledgepursuer
'Support for X' ≠ 'Support whatever rules _enforcing_ X" Frankly, I am more on your side than it may seem.
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I DO support the right to offend, to an extent that may probably shock you. Even more so in Universities.
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The point I was trying to make, loses nuance on this medium. I'll give it a shot...
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I fall in the "Free Speech absolutism" end of the spectrum. No "risk of offence" should be excuse to limit it
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The exceptions are few and far in between. They basically boil down to immediate and demonstrable harm.
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To be even more specific, "harm" as in "there's guns in the room". Not harm as in "'i'm sensitive".
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Said this, if an Uni fails to live up to this standard, I prefer to cry "You suck as Uni!". Not "You censor"
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As I said, it may boil down to semantics. The reason is that "Free Speech" in Mill tradition is about State.
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My main concern is overusing "Free Speech" depletes its value. And we may need the full value for other things
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I don't think so. I think we need to advocate the principle in all fields coz undermining is mostly not by law.
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