There's nothing dystopian about it at all. I value freedom of speech. Others don't. Let them choose to self-censor, let me choose not to, and we can all play the same game.
The alternative seems to be that they forcibly censor everyone so that the easily offended don't have to have their "innocence" threatened.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Thursday April 08, 2021 @04:31PM (#61252510)
Are you a 'white nationalist', 'white supremacist', 'neo nazi', plain old everyday non-whites-hating racist, etc? If so then please kill yourself, people like you ABUSE free speech to spread your bullshit, which is why we have stupid shit like this in the first place: to curb assholes like you.
Now be sure to get all pissy over me attempting to infringe on your 1st amendment rights and 'censor' you, claim I'm 'cancel culture', 'virtue signalling', and so on, because that's what racist dickheads do.
The funny thing about free speech is that popular, "safe" speech needs little protection. It therefore can't be "abused", because the ability to use it is intrinsic to the concept of being free.
That's why when stormfront was taken offline, I literally reached out and offered to help get them back online, despite them thinking that I'm a "degenerate beaner faggot that's going to burn in the fiery pits of hell". If those assholes are free to speak, then I know that I'm free to speak, because nothing I ever say is going to rise to the level of their filth.
In other words, I certainly don't agree with what they say, but I will defend their right to say it.
You are free to use your speech to speak out against those you feel are abusing free speech, that's literally how it works. By the way, you used your free speech to tell someone to kill himself. Driving someone to suicide has been held up as a crime in the past, meaning if he was to read this post and then snuff himself, you could very well be taken to court for it.
Also, saying "abusing free speech" is like saying "Stealing a free balloon" or "Loitering in your own house".
Not dystopian (Score:5, Insightful)
There's nothing dystopian about it at all. I value freedom of speech. Others don't. Let them choose to self-censor, let me choose not to, and we can all play the same game.
The alternative seems to be that they forcibly censor everyone so that the easily offended don't have to have their "innocence" threatened.
Re:Not dystopian (Score:0)
Now be sure to get all pissy over me attempting to infringe on your 1st amendment rights and 'censor' you, claim I'm 'cancel culture', 'virtue signalling', and so on, because that's what racist dickheads do.
Re:Not dystopian (Score:4, Insightful)
The funny thing about free speech is that popular, "safe" speech needs little protection. It therefore can't be "abused", because the ability to use it is intrinsic to the concept of being free.
That's why when stormfront was taken offline, I literally reached out and offered to help get them back online, despite them thinking that I'm a "degenerate beaner faggot that's going to burn in the fiery pits of hell". If those assholes are free to speak, then I know that I'm free to speak, because nothing I ever say is going to rise to the level of their filth.
In other words, I certainly don't agree with what they say, but I will defend their right to say it.
Re: (Score:2)
You are free to use your speech to speak out against those you feel are abusing free speech, that's literally how it works. By the way, you used your free speech to tell someone to kill himself. Driving someone to suicide has been held up as a crime in the past, meaning if he was to read this post and then snuff himself, you could very well be taken to court for it.
Also, saying "abusing free speech" is like saying "Stealing a free balloon" or "Loitering in your own house".