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