Reasons why someone who is committed to the free exchange of ideas might not be listening to *your* ideas. From: https://areomagazine.com/2018/04/07/freedom-of-speech-and-the-fallacy-of-demanding-to-be-heard/ …pic.twitter.com/yvqBTT1uvE
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Reasons why someone who is committed to the free exchange of ideas might not be listening to *your* ideas. From: https://areomagazine.com/2018/04/07/freedom-of-speech-and-the-fallacy-of-demanding-to-be-heard/ …pic.twitter.com/yvqBTT1uvE
All very good points. Though it must be suggested that this works both ways. If someone chooses to make inflammatory hyperbolic statements in the first place, any one of these options could be expected to occur in return.
If someone makes inflammatory hyperbolic statements in the first place, others can freely choose not to listen to them without being hypocritical as an advocate of freedom of speech. That is the point here.
Technically that's true. But what's the point of freedom of speech if there's no dialog or conversation to go with it? Otherwise someone is just spouting vitriol into an echo chamber.
I don't know what you mean. I am saying it is OK to choose not to dialog with *certain people*, mostly because it increases the chances of productive dialog.
Sorry. It's admittedly a loaded question based on witnessing a previous interaction with your coauthor. My point is that if [the royal] you begins statements that are, in fact, literal examples of 1-4, it should be expected to receive one or all of them in return.
While I agree it's not exactly fair to you (or James), by both signing it, you're basically suggesting it's ok when you do it but others should just get a clue. That's not really how conversations work. Or at least how they shouldn't.
What do you mean? We absolutely defend anyone's right to decline to engage with us for any reason they choose. You'll not find us claiming they're not true defenders of free speech if they're not interested in topic or dislike our tone or think someone else makes the case better.
I mean it shouldn't be surprising when one receive these types of responses in the first place if [the royal] you makes the same kind of statements.
Sure, ok. If I talk to ppl abt things they're not interested in, they might do the same to me. If I say things they think silly, they might say things I think silly. If I am rude, they could be too. If I prefer to listen to someone else, so might they. That's fine but different.
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