Well, yes. We need to be able to separate arguments about whether organisations have the right to be sexist etc from criticisms of whether they are being so. Same principle with no-platform policies. As soon as you criticise one, ppl will tell you its their right. https://twitter.com/LotakX/status/986896546548633601 …
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I wrote a thing about the right to choose not being the same as the rightness of choice. https://conatusnews.com/red-flags-fallacies-3/ … This is the same principle. You may have the right to do or say something but this doesn't require everyone else to think what you do & say is right.
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'I have the right to say that' does not answer the question 'What justification do you have for saying that?' You can always say 'I don't owe you a justification,' of course but we need to recognise that having the right to do something doesn't justify it ethically.
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I see this most with freedom of speech. People say 'Freedom of speech is about the *government* not having the right to interfere with speech' to justify censorship, banning, deplatforming and obstructive protests which prevent speech that other people want to hear from happening
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Is this distinctly american? I've never met anyone in Britain who thinks it's only about government.
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Replying to @Zacnaloen @HPluckrose
Well I'm an American, it's hard to even imagine how this concept could be applied to private entities. Really?
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Replying to @low_tex @Zacnaloen
Private entities can absolutely uphold or reject the principle of freedom of speech. They have done so for centuries. From essay:pic.twitter.com/sjMvhCa73e
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There are so many ways in which you can encourage, obstruct, hinder or forbid the free exchange of diverse ideas, in your interactions, in your workplace, in your criticism or praise of organisations, in your parenting, in your own arguments.
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