Is freedom of thought and speech obsolete?

[Woodznutz]

/——/ And who shall be the arbiter of intelligent arguments?

Let's say reasoned arguments.

 

[Woodznutz]

Freedom of thought is absolute
Freedom of speech not always absolute as libel and slander laws are found to be Constitutional and only the government is capable of violating your First Amendment rights.

Freedom of speech is actually freedom of expression, in some form. However, one doesn't have an absolute right to be heard. What one expresses enters the marketplace of ideas, where it may or may not survive.

 

[Blues Man]

Freedom of speech is actually freedom of expression, in some form. However, one doesn't have an absolute right to be heard. What one expresses enters the marketplace of ideas, where it may or may not survive.

Except in cases of libel and/or slander.

So freedom of speech is not absolute. And only the government can violate your First Amendment rights. If I deny you access to my business or property because I don't like what your T shirt says I have every right to do so.

 

[Woodznutz]

Except in cases of libel and/or slander.

So freedom of speech is not absolute. And only the government can violate your First Amendment rights. If I deny you access to my business or property because I don't like what your T shirt says I have every right to do so.

Freedom of expression, including speech, is absolute, but not without risks. Thousands of black men get shot every year for expressing themselves.

 

[martybegan]

Yeah. In the past--one could count on their fellow man to not say something bizarrely offensive. Today, the political right has made it fashionable.

Actually the issue is the left being offended by anything they disagree with, but you pretend that it's the right that has gone off kilter.

 

[Woodznutz]

Actually the issue is the left being offended by anything they disagree with, but you pretend that it's the right that has gone off kilter.

True. When you think of someone freaking out over something they disagree with conservatives don't immediately come to mind.

 

[Tumblin Tumbleweed]

Actually the issue is the left being offended by anything they disagree with, but you pretend that it's the right that has gone off kilter.

The extremes in both parties do this. It's white noise at this point.

 

[martybegan]

The extremes in both parties do this. It's white noise at this point.

But the power to silence is with the left. The corporations worship at the altar of DEI, academia worships as the altar of DEI.

When was the last time MAGA prevented a lefty event from happening?

 

[candycorn]

Actually the issue is the left being offended by anything they disagree with, but you pretend that it's the right that has gone off kilter.

Oh?

Who is boycotting nearly everything under the sun? You guys.

Fuck off little boy.

 

[Blues Man]

Freedom of expression, including speech, is absolute, but not without risks. Thousands of black men get shot every year for expressing themselves.

But it isn't because I as a private citizen can deny your permission to express yourself on my property.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Let's say reasoned arguments.

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[martybegan]

Oh?

Who is boycotting nearly everything under the sun? You guys.

Fuck off little boy.

Doesn't stop other people from buying the stuff.

Unlike things like this which prevent people from hearing a speaker they want to hear.

11 times campus speakers were shouted down by leftist protesters this school year | The College Fix

Lefties can still go into Target, buy Bud Light, etc. Hell even conservatives can if they choose not to buy into the boycott concept.