Let's Talk About Media
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acesfull86
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I’d rather live in a country where people are allowed to say what they want to say, regardless of whether it “radicalizes” anyone, rather than a country where the government shuts down speech.
I see - you’d rather live in a country where anyone right of communist is hunted.
Smart. Difficult to match the dizzying intellect of a L
Maybe Polis will save us all!
acesfull86
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Yes that is what I am for. Being for free speech means being for people “being hunted,” says the communist that believes we need communism to stop communism.
Why don’t you appeal to sav to ban me from these boards before my influence spreads, since we know you believe bad ideas can be snuffed out if we simply ban them (why hasn’t anyone ever thought of that before?!)
One day you’ll look back and be embarrassed by the way you engaged with people here…
I’m aware you don’t think this is what you’re for. Doesn’t mean it’s reality.
One day you’ll realize your silly adolescent worldview doesn’t work in actual real world situations.
acesfull86
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Correct. The news people are allowed to report as they see fit, and the consumers of news can choose to consume them or not. This is what a culture that values free speech looks like. Versus having the government decide what is true on behalf of the rest of us, then punish the dissenters.
I see we’ve gotten lost on the way to the “Is Free Speech Under Attack?” Thread. I can cross-post this attack on free speech there for you if you’d like.
I’m shaken up by the assassination of Kirk, but it’s genuinely absurd to declare us to be in a state of emergency that requires restricting the constitutional liberties of the American people.
And we simply shouldn’t have done a lot of the things we’ve done in the past in the name of national security or public good. As a good example of when we got it wrong in my estimation, see COVID, January 6th and 9/11. That’s not an excuse to get it wrong again.
I caught the sarcasm, but either your sarcasm is meant to conflate a couple assassination attempts with a global pandemic or to justify more abuses of liberty. Even if you scoff at the actual danger COVID itself presented to public health, the pretext itself is still more in-line with a national emergency. And to be honest, if you’re faced with restricting rights over an assassination attempt, you’re inevitably going to run up against the 2nd Amendment.