Maybe we shld rename free speech 'free expression of opinions' so ppl can't point out that some things done verbally are rightly illegal.
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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But lets say John Smith isn't. Let's say the speaker is, say, an angry teenager from Tumblr who doesn't know what misogyny means
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I don't really care about this. Fine details of what is & isn't slander is another tangential conversation. Talking abt ideas.
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