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by baked_ziti 2408 days ago
> we have a hard time defining the minimums of free speech.

In what sense? Legally, for example, we don't.
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pas 2408 days ago
But we do. In many countries, and even in the US the history of what is and isn't a good trade off to limit speech is a long and still ongoing discourse.

Sure, the gov part seems easy, but then people call on FB to filter lies in political ads, and again people want laws to mandate social networks to do this, and so on.

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Dumblydorr 2408 days ago
What about shouting fire in a crowded theater? I've had lengthy debates about whether that should be allowed or not, and if we still "have" free speech if we disallow it.
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pas 2405 days ago
The ever relevant Hitchens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aePgiW0Km_0

(I don't necessarily share his very individualized approach/view.)

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