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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jul 6

    Attacking questionable invocations of free speech (eg., the bizarre Citizens United decision) is one thing, but the principle itself can't be questioned, or else the questioner him- or herself could be legitimately silenced. Quillette https://quillette.com/2018/07/04/the-new-york-times-comes-out-against-free-speech/ … via @QuilletteM

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      2. LeiliHana‏ @JumzyRau Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        "Free Speech" should NEVER be allowed to promote/incite/spread violence, racism, pedophilia & other criminal activities.

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      3. Alejandro‏ @gul_garak Jul 6
        Replying to @JumzyRau @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Not allowed by whom?

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      4. Sir Strawman‏ @SirStrawman Jul 6
        Replying to @gul_garak @JumzyRau and

        Not allowed by her, bc obviously she is a statue of moral purity

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      1. John Hefter‏ @JohnHefter Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        If free speech is eliminated, the great news is that those who will wield the wand of censorship are sure to be noble & fair. They’ll have no concern for power or control. If you read history, restricted free speech has only resulted in state coddling joy & blissfull freedom

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      2. Phillip‏ @TejasPeak Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Leftists are turning on Free Speech because it gets in the way of their witch-hunts.

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      2. Klaus Barbarossa‏ @KlausBarbarossa Jul 7
        Replying to @sapinker @clairlemon @QuilletteM

        Wait, you think striking down a speech ban was bizarre? Have actually read citizens united? I guess not..

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      3. Klaus Barbarossa‏ @KlausBarbarossa Jul 7
        Replying to @KlausBarbarossa @sapinker and

        I mean seriously, read the decision. It never said "corporations are people." Why? Because the 1st amendment protects speech NOT speakers. It also had nothing, NOTHING, to do with money. It was a speech ban against speakers if they happened to be organized as a corp.

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      1. Alejandro‏ @gul_garak Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        I think you need to spend sometime explaining what freedom of speech is, because many seem confused that keeping the government from restricting speech isn't the same as endorsing said speech. That lack of understand has put many principles of the enlightenment at risk.

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      2. Carlos Carpizo‏ @IndianaLos Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Please explain how the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision is “silly”... Media critical of candidates can’t be censored by elected officials regardless of the insidious effects of big money in our politics.

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      2. frederick hiller‏ @frederickhiller Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        If ONLY those with corporate money can afford to control the political dialogue, we end with Plutocracy, Oligarchy, anti-american, anti-democratic autocracy/kleptocracy..as the current illegitimate Putin/Trump/Alt-Right/GOP fascists illustrate. Citizens United is NOT Free Speech.

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      3. Chibi Thomas Jefferson's Ghost‏ @PixyMisa Jul 6
        Replying to @frederickhiller @sapinker @QuilletteM

        But that's not true, and it is free speech.

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      1. Scott P Vaughan‏ @ScottPVaughan1 Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @clairlemon @QuilletteM

        Just more evidence to me that my views haven’t changed, the “left” has moved even more left. And unfortunately “more left” looks an awful lot like “more right”.

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      1. Mike Isildur‏ @mikeisildur Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Citizens United was correctly decided, and in perfect harmony with principles of free speech. Incumbents and well known politicians may not like speech critical of them, but they are not entitled to use the machinations of government to suppress it.

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      1. Ben‏ @amatueradult Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Almost no one is questioning the principle...

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      1. Unused Grey Matter‏ @tartichoker Jul 6
        Replying to @sapinker @QuilletteM

        Had Citizens United been decided the other way, I would fear the slippery slope of banning books, editorials, and any other means of communication brought by collectives that the government deemed unlawful.

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