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That's individuals policing speech, not society. Agregate individual action =/= collective action Cannoli Send a noteboard - 21/08/2018 04:25:23 PM


It isn't supposed to do so in any way involving government action, true, but even the most liberal of societies police speech. Meaning, you can say whatever you like, but there are and should be societal consequences. Make racist anti-Jewish rants? I'm not going to invite you to my parties.

Antisemitophobe! But, yeah, this is exactly how it goes and what is meant by freedom of association. Freedom of association is the only acceptable check on free speech. And it HAS to go both ways. Whether the freedom to disallow anti-semites OR Jews from your association. If you don't have to write "Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler" on a cake (and you shouldn't), you also don't have to put two groom or two bride figures on top of a wedding cake.
Nor will I patronize your business. As a potential employer, I might not hire you. To say that "freedom of speech" is somehow equal to "freedom from consequences for my speech" is ludicrous. A sufficiently liberal society would be reluctant to use such tools; confining it to only those who represent the most extreme and/or dangerous views. And shouldn't be used to silence those with "controversial" views, as you should have a right to "speak". But again, as with many things in life, you should have the freedom to do it, but are not free from the consequences.

Exactly. So long as the consequences are the result of individual choice, and not legislation or judicial action.

Cannoli
"Sometimes unhinged, sometimes unfair, always entertaining"
- The Crownless

“Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.” GK Chesteron
Deus Vult!
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Phobia fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:55:05 PM 525 Views
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Get to a sex education class, won't you? Or at least, use Google fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:29:25 AM 459 Views
I am a normal male person, who had conversations with other male people. Cannoli - 17/08/2018 08:25:48 AM 501 Views
Yes, yes, you're so male, your penis has a penis. We get it. fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 04:13:09 PM 540 Views
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You are wrong about Cannoli. damookster - 17/08/2018 02:49:35 AM 528 Views
No fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:41:22 AM 499 Views
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That would be the "receptive partner" in scientific terminology fionwe1987 - 17/08/2018 05:44:16 AM 495 Views
Fuck scientific terminology. It blows. Cannoli - 17/08/2018 08:26:16 AM 502 Views
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Once again...who are you to make that determination. Jeordam - 17/08/2018 09:54:41 PM 475 Views
*I* don't make the determination, liberal society did. fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 12:02:22 AM 517 Views
So for clarity damookster - 18/08/2018 01:28:17 AM 511 Views
Yes! fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 01:46:05 AM 493 Views
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Are you asking a serious question? damookster - 18/08/2018 02:45:03 AM 523 Views
Yes, I was fionwe1987 - 18/08/2018 01:59:48 PM 522 Views
"liberal" society does not police speech Cannoli - 19/08/2018 03:31:54 AM 512 Views
You don't need to protect speech everyone agrees with. *NM* Hieshyn - 19/08/2018 06:02:17 PM 374 Views
It most certainly *does* police speech. LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:01:32 PM 507 Views
But to follow up on that. LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:16:07 PM 513 Views
Well, that's why we didn't stop with the FIRST Amendment *NM* Cannoli - 21/08/2018 04:25:53 PM 256 Views
That's individuals policing speech, not society. Agregate individual action =/= collective action Cannoli - 21/08/2018 04:25:23 PM 522 Views
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heh, heh, heh damookster - 21/08/2018 05:00:32 PM 489 Views
Hump it like you mean it! LiterateDog - 21/08/2018 07:00:01 PM 538 Views
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Precisely fionwe1987 - 16/08/2018 10:59:42 PM 529 Views
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Yes, it is a tool used by those who should "know better". LiterateDog - 20/08/2018 03:14:30 PM 482 Views
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Sigh I foresee 7 days of homosexual prison jokes in the near future in media adjacent places Roland00 - 22/08/2018 04:42:23 AM 452 Views
I think our casual acceptance of rape as part of prison is a major moral failure random thoughts - 22/08/2018 03:41:38 PM 472 Views
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