When people use "free speech" as a pejorative, I think about people like those reporters in the post boosted below.
I wish we would stop enabling bad actors trying to co-opt free speech by making it a simple synonym for hate speech.
Don't know if you've noticed, but the hate speech crew aren't for free speech; they also enjoy book burnings and government censorship when it's others whose speech is controlled.
If people are doing hate speech, *call it that*. Don't let them muddy the waters.
bonifartius 𒂼𒄄
@frankiesaxx where is the borderline of free speech and "hate speech" according to you?
@bonifartius
How about according to my government?
@frankiesaxx
why is it right for your government to decide what someone can say? doing it this way can backfire spectacularly.
_what_ is a derogatory statement? feels like it can be anything if you twist things enough.
Framing the debate as if it might "backfire" is just saying that it might eventually be used in a way that hurts non-Whites, as if that's the real problem.
For the record, I (and most others like me) don't believe in a hardcore ideological censorship regime, in part because we have confidence that with a real culture of free speech, we are just going to win all the arguments. This is also why they are trying to censor us under the guise of fighting "hate speech", because they are afraid of what we have to say.