| > I'm a free speech absolutist No you are not. Why lie? A free speech absolutist means that you believe any speech is acceptable. You comments clearly show you believe in limits to speech. > but violent speech, "fighting words," insurrectionist speech, etc. are not protected under any free speech doctrine "Insurrectionist speech". You just gave yourself away. It's not "free speech doctrine" that prevents it. It's a supreme court ruling. The US was mostly free speech absolutist until the courts ruled direct threats to be illegal. In case you think america limited free speech before the 20th century... Politicians could threaten each other and duel each other... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr%E2%80%93Hamilton_duel > I've argued in favor of free speech here on HN (and got the downvotes to prove it) more times than I can As someone who has been downvoted defending free speech, I commiserate. But you don't strike me as a free speech guy. You have the strangest way of being "in favor of free speech". > Free speech isn't some carte blanche that allows anyone to say anything at any time. But you just claimed to be a free speech absolutist. That's exactly what a free speech absolutist believe. That you can say anything anytime. > This has nothing to do with free speech, and Gab is an absolute cesspool of delusional QAnon conspiracies. But you are a free speech absolutist. No? Why do propagandists always do this? They pretend to be the other side and argue against the other side. It's like a meat eater pretending to be vegan and saying bad things about the vegan diet. And you have the gall to accuse gab of being disingenuous. |