Maybe we shld rename free speech 'free expression of opinions' so ppl can't point out that some things done verbally are rightly illegal.
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I think there's a problem with seeing free speech in terms of a continuum based on *speech* -what speech is allowed & what is not allowed.
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That gives the impression of a somewhat arbitrary line having been drawn & which can be moved slightly w/out making much difference.
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This is a false impression because the vital concept of freedom of speech is not actually abt speech -making noises with your mouth.
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The important thing to protect is really about minds - ideas in the sense of thought & opinion, intellectual products & right to share them.
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This is an entirely different thing to harmful actions perpetrated verbally.No continuum re discussing eg libertarianism & eg ordering a hit
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If the perception of free speech as a continuum with a line drawn comes to dominate, it will be hard to keep opinions separate from actions.
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The line cld be shifted & expressing disbelief in queer theory cld be on the side with fraud, espionage, perjury & conspiracy to murder.
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Hopefully it wouldn't be punished so severely but expression of opinion wld be in same category as directly harmful actions done verbally.
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Sometimes they pretend to be stupid, other times they are not pretending. Not for tossing away conceptual name for that.
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Compounded by economic marketplace where opinions can be commoditized, and your livelihood can be tied to its popularity.
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