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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017

      Hmm. Although I tend to take a centist, moderate position on nearly everything, I find I am quite absolutist about various freedoms.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      I don't see room for compromise on freedom of speech & belief. 'You can say or believe most things but not this & that.' Is this a problem?

      2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      In actions, it's clear that we cannot tolerate everything & have to draw lines, but I just can't see the same with ideas & beliefs

      2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017
      Replying to @HPluckrose

      Its not as though it even works. If you ban an idea or belief, they don't go away. They just go underground.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017

      But even if it did work, it leaves us v vulnerable to majority opinion abt what is harmful & hateful. In religious places, atheist views are

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        2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Whereas if we were to impose a blanket ban on all speech which included hatred & justifying harm to a group, bible & Quran cld never be read

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Being absolutist on anything worries me but I just don't see an ethical way of compromising or limiting what ppl can think, believe, express

          3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
        4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          And I don't think freedom of speech is the be all & end all.Discussing ideas themselves is more important. But we need to be able to do that

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        5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          So I'm concerned that I am a 'free speech warrior' but ultimately it is only one facet of secular, liberal democracy I fear losing.

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        6. (((Christian JB)))  🐌‏ @christianjbdev 3 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Freedom of speech arguably the most important right we have, as all our other freedoms depend on our right to argue our case.

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        7. (((Christian JB)))  🐌‏ @christianjbdev 3 Feb 2017
          Replying to @christianjbdev @HPluckrose

          I agree it *feels* a bit absolutist. But sound philosophical reasons why freedom of speech should really be absolute.

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        8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 3 Feb 2017
          Replying to @christianjbdev

          Yeah. And I don't want to be arguing for it all the time but it is genuinely under threat.

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        9. (((Christian JB)))  🐌‏ @christianjbdev 3 Feb 2017
          Replying to @HPluckrose

          Oh I think ppl will rediscover importance of freedom of speech pretty soon, when it's *their* speech which is being curtailed.

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