• threeganzi@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I think it’s easier to have to position that absolute free speech is the best solution if you are not part of a minority group who is the target of hate speech. (Not saying you aren’t)

    The definition is tricky and if such law should exist it should have a good margin from being used for arbitrary “I was offended” type of offenses.

    I don’t think prison, as you suggested, is a reasonable consequence either.

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      3 months ago

      The repercussion to bad speech and ideas is inherent to the current paradigm of the internet: downvotes and ostracization.

      Maybe they will wind up on their own forum saying despicable shit, but they were probably going to do that anyway. Bad ideas love a vacuum away from prying eyes and outsiders.

      • Pissipissini Johnson 🩵! :D@sh.itjust.works
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        3 months ago

        It can lead to prison in some countries (more than I imagine you’d think), which I think is very bad.

        Also, the opposite of what you’re describing can happen. Governments and big media/tech companies can use censorship to prevent ideas they don’t like from spreading online.