"Free speech"

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[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

"Free speech" is not "entitlement to a platform".

Private companies have no obligation to provide you with a platform, and communities are allowed to enforce consequences for speech that disagrees with their norms. The government is not allowed to enforce LEGAL penalities for free speech. Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequence.

[–]Minedwe 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Yeah, and freedom of business means you can and should be able to put a "no faggots" or "Whites only" sign on your business and serve only thsoe people.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

If your only argument is that "being an asshole should be legal because free-speech", MAYBE you should re-evaluate your priorities in life.

[–]StrategicTactic 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Sounds like you are "being an asshole". Should what you have said be grounds for deplatforming? Maybe you should re-evaluate your priorities in life. Censorship always bites at those who endorse it, unless they have and keep power.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Should what you have said be grounds for deplatforming

I don't care? Communities are allowed to hold others to standards of behavior and exclude those who do not meet those standards. The government just can't enforce legal consequences.

[–]Minedwe 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Communities are allowed to hold others to standards of behavior and exclude those who do not meet those standards

So why shouldn't we also be able to exclude violent, disease-spreading people like blacks and gays? They contribute very little and take quite a bit, so why tolerate them?