ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoIs it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"?message-square97fedilinkarrow-up1116
arrow-up1116message-squareIs it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-square@ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink5•1 month agoSays who? Who decided that free speech got an asterisk? Who makes and enforces the rules and limitations?
minus-squaresilly goose meekahlinkfedilink4•1 month agoAnother comment explained it pretty nicely: But you can’t have [a platform with absolute free speech] while allowing for hate speech either because hate speech silences the voices of its target. It’s basically the tolerance paradox but with free speech.
minus-square@ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink1•1 month agoHate speech doesn’t silence non hate speech.
minus-square@Darkenfolklink1•1 month agoIn general it’s the wider community that decides all that. There are consequences in holding and sharing views that are disagreeable with the community in which people share them. People are free to air those thoughts, but others are also free in shunning them for those thoughts.
Says who? Who decided that free speech got an asterisk? Who makes and enforces the rules and limitations?
Another comment explained it pretty nicely:
It’s basically the tolerance paradox but with free speech.
Hate speech doesn’t silence non hate speech.
In general it’s the wider community that decides all that.
There are consequences in holding and sharing views that are disagreeable with the community in which people share them.
People are free to air those thoughts, but others are also free in shunning them for those thoughts.
The owners and operators of the platform.