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by Torgo 3497 days ago
The "your mean speech makes others unhappy and less likely to speak freely" is not new, one of the great things about American-style free speech is that it protects against the weaponization of offense, and limits damage of moral fads.
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Thats really not what I'm talking about. I understand the push back against "SJWs" and those in the language policing community. That said, telling someone to get in the oven, which Ricky Vaughn and others are known to do, is a deliberate intimidation tactic designed to dehumanize and silence others and I don't think it needs to be protected.

Does this have the potential for abuse? Sure. In the same way that I think Zimmerman's self-defense argument was a problem, this could be implemented poorly. That doesn't mean I think it isn't an idea worth pursuing if we could adjudicate it justly.