It's infuriating.
I just think freedom to express ideas & freedom to blackmail or break confidentiality are qualitatively different.
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And we cld possibly get past the 'but what about shouting 'fire' in a crowded place' etc if we make that difference v clear
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My ideas are mine. I choose whether to share them. Your brain is yours and you choose whether to use it to listen to them.
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That is the freedom I want to defend.
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Americans very highly value 1st amendment rights to discuss people's behavior, e.g. Scientology exposés.
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British have much stronger libel protections. Far more limiting what you can say about people.
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So a lot of genuinely complex freedom of speech issues are to do with what you can say about others, not just ideas.
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Yes. This is not what interests or concerns me. I don't know enough to have an opinion. Not what I'm talking abt
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Generally, I'd say telling lies about ppl shld be illegal. Opinions about people should not be but harassing them shld
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See, the US had a big case about whether it's OK to tell falsehoods about ppl if no malicious intent involved. Answer: yes!
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If someone said I'd done or said something I hadn't because they think it will benefit me, I'd still object.
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