Freedom of speech is supported by allowing people who want to talk and listen to each to do so. The fallacy comes in when someone things this means they have the right to force other people to listen to them.
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The most common reason I decline to listen to a contrary view is because it is being expressed badly, snarkily, ignorantly or dishonestly. This doesn't mean I don't want to hear contrary views. It means I will listen to people who argue well, civilly, knowledgeably and honestly.
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I actually have a notoriously low threshold for people & ideas I will engage with (see profile header) but I am still accused of avoiding contrary views often because I decline to discuss with someone making a pig's ear of it.
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"To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker." - Frederick Douglass
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Fredrick Douglass was a wise man obviously - he agrees with me.
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Precisely this. Great work Helen
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This is the fallacy that my children used with no success.
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My little one still uses it at 24. My daughter has a 3 year old who now pays her back for my pain.
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The only structural problem here is with public universities in the US and their obligation to permit any speakers. I don't know what the solution is here although I lean towards ignoring rather than protesting. I'd initially argue that public universities shouldn't be a thing...
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Exactly so.
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