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[-] ganymede@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

free speech ≠ hate speech

Be warned. The erroneous belief that "free speech" is a right wing concept is exactly the lie right wing lunatics want you to believe. it suits them very nicely.

right wing loonies have a long history of hijacking and destroying empathetic terms like this.

if they believed in freedom or free speech, why is it always them who are burning and banning books? why are they always the ones trying to control other people's bodies? when they talk about freedom, they mean their freedom to take yours away.

should we let them kill yet another canary of a healthy society? that's a different discussion. but it would be a substantial error to assume anyone who won't let them hijack it are actually right wing.

Free speech is a basic human right. No politics necessary.

[-] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, free speech is something totally unrelated to politics, how could I've been so dumb to think that way.

[-] Ephera@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They did not say that there's no relation to politics at all. But we do not need to hold a particular political position to agree that the government should not censor people's opinions.

It only starts to become a right-wing talking point when liberally applied to everything else. When even government officials argue your opinion should be censored, because it is critical of their opinion. That has nothing to do with the actual free speech principle. Quite the contrary.

[-] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I do think the government should not allow certain opinions, if they promote hatred, and I say this in a political founded way.

[-] sexy_peach@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

I don't think the EFF means this in the "let only nazis speak" kind of way.

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