increasingly the argument for censorship is "europe does it." I would remind pro-censorship activists europe is also the continent of marx and hitler, and there are literal members of the nazi party still alive in germany today. in liberty, americans do not follow. we lead.
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the signal mustn’t be stopped build until it can’t be stopped
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Okay, but what are some non-legislative ways to disincentivize the equally insidious rhetoric fueling, for instance, acts of domestic terror?
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Or is your POV that it shouldn’t be disincentivized? And/or that the marketplace of ideas can self-regulate?
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I really hope they name it the Sedition Act.
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nyt has been running pro censorship takes for months
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It runs real security risks, too. Militias looked like crazy people in the 90's. In an environment where the NYT and Washington Post are advocating to end the First Amendment, the stigma fades away rapidly.
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You could imagine a flashpoint: court orders someone not to speak, militias protect the speaker. 1/2 the country would support them. You don't want 1/2 the nation in favor of vigilantes. You also don't want the 1st Amendment to get reduced The whole situation is a powder keg
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The first amendment already has exceptions, like obscenity and fighting words. I think some people see fighting words in all evidence of divisions or differences, even organic and healthy and purely observational ones. It seems like a reactionary spiral.
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