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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Replying to @HPluckrose
I don't think anyone is arguing that nothing done in words can ever be punished coz there is no underlying principle there.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
You'd have to defend the verbal commission of crimes, doctors who break patient confidentiality, people who leak national secrets.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Nobody seems to be arguing for the right to do all these things & more. It really isn't what the defence of free speech is all about.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @antihero_kate
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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Replying to @HPluckrose
Thank you. I for articulating what I could not. Glad I asked you. :)
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Replying to @antihero_kate
:) I think we need to separate out the free expression of ideas from anything else that can be done in words & needs evaluating separately
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Right, because how about slander or defamation? I mean, we have laws about that. Because they can actually ruin someone's life.
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Yes, I could have damaged an actress' life coz I helped deliver her baby & knew who the father was. Confidentiality shld be enforceable,
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