Why is it so hard to understand that defending free speech is not a commitment not to be very critical of its content? This is very basic.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Freedom of speech principles came about because we all hate some ideas. Point is, you can still hate them. Just don't stop or punish them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
We really have regressed if we're having to explain this basic principle & why ' but the ideas are really really awful' doesn't nullify it.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Isn't it really more a question of where to draw the line between protected speech and incitement?
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Replying to @NoflyBird
No. No-one is defending the right to incite violence. That right doesn't exist.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
It seemed to me you were saying that no idea is ever so awful that it shouldn't be protected.
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Replying to @NoflyBird
All ideas can be expressed, yes. That doesn't include plotting any harmful action or inciting any harmful action.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Wouldn't you say that some hate speech would have to be considered incitement, though?
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