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lovich • today at 8:50 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

You’re already making concessions to non absolute free speech in your comment about free speech being absolute.

I have yet to meet a free speech absolutist who was actually absolutist. At best they still struggle with violent speech and at worst they buy out a large social media platform and start censoring shit they don’t like.


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hn_submit • today at 8:53 PM

True, but you have to draw a line somewhere. The U.S. is one of the staunchest defenders of free speech but even there the line in the sand is calls for violence.

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