What is the point then? There is the cultural aspiration to freedom of speech, which ignores the relation to law, and there’s the US constitutional freedom of speech which protects you from government retaliation for speech.
If you suffer consequences in both instances then what is actually “free” about it?
I’m not arguing in defense of hate speech or threats, I’m just curious what the point is of saying anything about freedom of speech (in the cultural sense) if it isn’t actually free from consequence.
I personally don’t think we have freedom of speech, which is ok, because there should be consequences for your actions. Say hateful shit, win hateful prizes.
What is the point then? There is the cultural aspiration to freedom of speech, which ignores the relation to law, and there’s the US constitutional freedom of speech which protects you from government retaliation for speech.
If you suffer consequences in both instances then what is actually “free” about it?
I’m not arguing in defense of hate speech or threats, I’m just curious what the point is of saying anything about freedom of speech (in the cultural sense) if it isn’t actually free from consequence.
I personally don’t think we have freedom of speech, which is ok, because there should be consequences for your actions. Say hateful shit, win hateful prizes.