You'd have to defend the verbal commission of crimes, doctors who break patient confidentiality, people who leak national secrets.
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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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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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Assault weapons have a terribly chilling effect on freedom of expression.
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