Been told a few times lately that I need to reserve terms like 'denial of freedom of speech' 'authoritarian' & 'censorious' to law & gov.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Argument is that if I use these terms to criticise anti-freedom attitudes in individuals & groups, they lose impact when governments do it
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Replying to @HPluckrose
It's certainly true that overuse or hyperbolic use of a word reduces its impact which is needed when serious human rights abuses happen.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
However, laws & governments are determined by ppl & I think we need to address authoritarian & censorious ideas before they get that far
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Some people have an authoritarian mentality, petite tyrants.
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Replying to @VictorLicata1
Exactly. I have a libertarian one. Ppl might want to criticise it even tho I am not government. They need that word really.
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