• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    People who argue against free speech always do so on legal grounds. Nobody seems to want to attack free speech as an ethical concept.

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      1 year ago

      I think it depends on how you define free speech. There are plenty of people arguing against unrestricted free speech on this particular instance, and it’s a core value of the instance (intolerance of the intolerant).

      On the contrary, people who argue for unrestricted free speech always seem to do so on legal grounds, constantly quoting the first amendment as though it applies to private platforms or to people outside the US.