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Gdom
Oh, I thought what you said was perfectly reasonable; my annoyance was actually directed elsewhere. Saying that Tosh (or anyone else) shouldn't be legally restricted from saying tactless things is a perfectly cogent position. I'm not actually
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Oh, I thought what you said was perfectly reasonable; my annoyance was actually directed elsewhere. Saying that Tosh (or anyone else) shouldn't be legally restricted from saying tactless things is a perfectly cogent position. I'm not actually sure I agree entirely with absolutely free speech, since the supposed "slippery slope" that's supposed to follow any restrictions of free speech or expression has yet to occur in many (or any) of the countries that presently restrict the use of, say, racial slurs (in clear cases like that, I find it rather easy to draw a bright line between acceptable and unacceptable speech; hence the lack of a genuine slippery slope).
That said, my annoyance was meant to be directed only at the people I often find that believe "free speech" to also guarantee some bizarre immunity from criticism, which is just plain silly. less
That said, my annoyance was meant to be directed only at the people I often find that believe "free speech" to also guarantee some bizarre immunity from criticism, which is just plain silly. less
I generally feel that if you say "don't say this!!" it gives more power to the word/statement when it is said. Favorite example is "Voldemort" in Harry Potter, but then I'm a dork. Ha. But in real life, if you say racial slurs are illegal, doesn't that make them even worse than what they would be otherwise? I dunno, I just think it's usually better to take the power away from a word rather than to give it even more.