People already on TV and stuff don't need to be defended: they have freedom of speech. Millions are effectively silenced, institutionally.
Why is it that whenever people bravely defend freedom of speech it is always for someone already massively empowered to speak?
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@TheFIREorg defends a lot of ordinary college students who are silenced by their university's speech codesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Huh? There are loads of
@englishpen@PENamerican campaigns for catastrophically disempowered peopleThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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People selectively applying "freedom of speech" to apply to the powerful is exactly why freedom of speech is necessary
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incl. countries like Australia with its shitty constitution that nowhere refers to free speech
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sure, australia doesn’t see itself as the pinnacle of mankind though.
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all of this stuff looks so silly for a non-american … and scary.
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In addition to being a very stupid claim, it happens to be easily falsifiable
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sounds like something a totalitarian would say
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