Okay then freedom of speech doesn't exist and has never existed, and moreover if it did exist it would make all speech completely meaningless and useless (what's the point of saying anything if it doesn't cause material consequences)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @RadFemme74 and
You really need to understand free speech better. Is means people cannot be prosecuted or discriminated against for their words. I.e no consequences
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Replying to @JamieCullum5 @RadFemme74 and
It means the government can't prosecute you for speech It does not mean you can't be "discriminated against" for your speech It is only possible to function as a human being by "discriminating" among people -- people you like or dislike, trust or distrust
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Replying to @arthur_affect @JamieCullum5 and
And a person's words are the primary means by which we make that discrimination That is, when you get right down to it, the whole point of most talking that we do Conservatives say "virtue signaling" like it's a bad thing but that's what human communication is about
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Replying to @arthur_affect @JamieCullum5 and
The relevant freedom here is "freedom of association" The decision of whom we do or don't want to associate with is one of the most fundamental decisions we make in our lives, and it's a decision largely based on what people signal to us their values are
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Replying to @arthur_affect @JamieCullum5 and
Not to mention that, if those consequences being immunised include contrary speech, then this conception of freedom of speech literally cannot be logically coherent.
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Replying to @quantum_boulder @arthur_affect and
What's incorhent about people being able to say what they want and other people being free to disagree so they wish
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Replying to @JamieCullum5 @arthur_affect and
Nothing, that's what's happening with people disagreeing with Rowling
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Replying to @LizardOrman @arthur_affect and
Yes but then the next step from some people is she isn't allowed her opinion.
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Replying to @JamieCullum5 @LizardOrman and
She's "allowed" to have an opinion and I am allowed to be extremely hostile to her over it because my opinion is her opinion is offensive and bigoted
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The way people like you talk you think the right of "free speech" is the right for people to be nice to you, and that right has never existed Indeed, if JKR did have that right, that would mean *I* didn't have free speech to say what I really think of her
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