• Gazumi@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Free speech vs causing catastrophic harms. From the perspective of deaths caused, why is this different to firing shots into a crowd?

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      9 months ago

      The American conception of freedom of speech is all about personal rights, with no thought to personal responsibility. The reason freedom of speech is important is precisely because it’s consequential. The idea of using free speech (a precious right) responsibly, if it ever existed, is gone now .