Free speech is the societal mechanism that repairs and revises all other mechanisms. It is the immune system of the body politic.
This, this, a thousand times this. Free speech is much more than constitutional law based on #1A. It's a set of social norms about speaking your mind and encouraging others to speak theirs. A civilization of radical public honesty. https://twitter.com/Metamagician/status/993749004717510656 …
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"Free speech-the immune system of the body politic" Short, sweet, awesome Sorry, I'm going to steal that one
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"Freedom of speech is not just one of among many different values, it really is the master value. "It's the only mechanism by which we can improve our society. In fact it's the value that allows us to improve our other values, through conversation." --
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I agree with this, but, I also know that at the individual level I have the freedom to not listen when I don't want to..
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I agree so much!!!!!
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Yeah we are supposed to be able to talk and provide insight in this world. Anything keeping that from happening slows down movement of humanity
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Exactly well said! It’s actually that simple
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The discouraging of trolling, bad faith discussions, and SoMe-amplified opinion clearly out of bounds (like antisemitism) should not be construed as censorship. It's pruning the discourse, something newspaper editors used to do.
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Well, it affords you the freedom to say something as sophomoric as your last tweet without fear of reprisal, so there’s that.
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