Conservatives act like they’re the face of free speech, but they ask for censorship when the speech is troublesome to them.

Few people are actually free speech absolutists. Rather than be a hypocrite, admit there are legal things you believe should be censored, suppressed, and shut down.

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SW-User

I agree that some conservatives do that. However, I also think that what people try to classify under "freedom of speech" these days is often not that at all. There are also legitimate and legal limits to free speech which seem to be ignored when it's convenient.

SW-User

@SW-User Of course. Death threats, libel, etc. are illegal for a reason. And private institutions can choose what speech they wish to host. But of what’s legal, no matter how distasteful I find it, I can’t defend censoring it.