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Squabbles, another recent reddit alternative, seems to be taking the doomed "free speech" path (i.imgur.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/reddit@lemmy.ml
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[–] 77 points 3 years ago (6 children)

I think it is a dog whistle , here in India there are people who openly talk of genocide , homophobia and what not and call it their right to speech and expression !

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  • [–] 47 points 3 years ago

    The "funny" thing is that the moment those people have power they don't have a problem going against free speech (see having books banned (in the US) or trying to stop people from voicing their opinion (Meloni in Italy))

    It's all just exploiting the tolerance of the system in order to make it less tolerant That's why completely unchecked free speech is a bad idea as it will eventually lead in its complete demise

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I mean that is literally what a right to free speech means, so they're not wrong.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    That way yall can let nazi shit going and call it freedom of speech , murder is also freedom of expression in a way then ?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    No, not at all. Murder is an action that is illegal. Saying something isn't, no matter how much you disagree with it. I don't like people saying racist stuff, but I'm certainly not of the belief that they shouldn't be allowed to say it.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Now imagine people holding hate speech conferences where they gather and talk about cleaning the population (a dogwhistle to genocide) I wonder if that is ok ! And the riots that happen coz of the radicalised masses ?

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