They're justifying punitive consequences. Obviously, ppl hope speech will have consequences in terms of persuading others.
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Of course, there is something in the latter. The views of the majority do become accepted as the norm. But they change.
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There is resistance to accepting that the zeitgeist changes via the free expression of ideas & new, minority ideas gaining acceptance.
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You see it when, for eg, ppl insist feminists or the Civil Rights Movement changed society single-handedly by means of activism.
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They get angry if you suggest they increased discussion but society as a whole changed & that is how the change became the norm.
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Yes, the debate started much earlier with Wollstonecraft, Bentham, Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill.
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Yes, exactly. The ideas were ripening & they came into fruition in the 60s.
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Back the the FS issue, it still find it puzzling that manypeople are so sensitive to dissenting or even reactionary views.
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In others words, some views are so dangerous they should not be heard. And sometimes that includes opposition to gay marriage or abortion.
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