Depends whether you see the essence of free speech as rooted in literal speech or in the expression of ideas/opinions/worldviews. https://twitter.com/ortoiseortoise/status/898863279010754561 …
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That is a defence of the right to hold any views at all & express them & a belief that the free exchange ideas is beneficial to society.
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That the government shld not punish ideas, that places for talking about ideas should encourage a variety & that society progresses this way
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The general position that freedom of expression is both a right in society & benefit to society. This often gets sidetracked.
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Most commonly people claim that free speech supporters are trying to force private organisations to uphold free speech.
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I'm sure you can find or two but mostly no. You couldn't have the right to express any views at all anywhere at all without chaos.
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At work, people are mostly expected to talk about work-related matters, for example. This is not really a free speech issue.
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It really comes down to 'Are you trying to suppress ideas in society generally &in places for discussing ideas specifically? If so, stop it'
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In practice, it comes down to wanting to suppress certain ideas as a way of improving society & or seeing discussing them as way to do this
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You don't have to reply but I was wondering, do you have any thoughts on that girl who coerced her mentally ill BF to kill himself?
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I do but not within the framework of free speech in the sense of free exchange of ideas. Severe psychological abuse of a vulnerable person
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is a very complicated issue with many shades of grey and we can argue about where the line is for where it should be prosecutable.
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