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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it also depends on if it had a materially negative impact on the person. Even then, it depends if your intent was to cause harm.
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I'm not talking abt what laws are but an important conceptual difference between expressing ideas & harmful actions in words.
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So if I heard a slanderous rumor and started repeating it without me knowing it was false, is that free speech to you?
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Its not related to the concept of free expression of opinions & ideas that I am defending, no.
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So should it only be considered free speech if it has been fact checked or phrased as an opinion?
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I started by saying perhaps FoS shld be renamed 'free expression of opinions'. That's what I'm referring to.
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Okay - is calling someone's employer and telling that person "John Smith is misogynistic and hates women" covered?
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John Smith is allowed to be misogynistic & hate women & to say so.
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As far as conning someone out of money, there's a wealth (pun intended) of legal ways to con people out of money.
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In the U.S., you can make false accusations of a crime as long as you didn't definitively know it was false. If you did know,
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