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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Heartlander · 80-89, M

I'm trying to connect between being a free speech absolutist and a hypocrite. The 1st amendment is like the 2nd amendment that grants freedoms but the freedom doesn't muffle the consequences for using the freedom recklessly. We all probably know the consequences of reckless use of a firearm. There are also consequences for reckless use of speech.

katielass · F

@Heartlander well said.

SW-User

@Heartlander

My point is that conservatives often call people "snowflake" and "PC" when they are offended by speech and want it censored, but conservatives do the same type of thing. They may not do it for the same type of speech, but the actions are the same. The sense of offense and the desire to see that offensive speech eradicated is the same. To call out actions that you yourself take is hypocritical. That's all I meant.

katielass · F

@SW-User Oh dear. Conservatives call liberals snowflakes because they can't handle an opposing opinion, they need safe spaces to shield them from opposing opinions. It has nothing to do with speech conservatives don't like. That's precisely why I told you it's not conservatives who are trying to squash speech, it's the liberals who are doing that. You can't find even one example of conservatives trying to shut down speech but there is a plethora of examples of snowflake violence doing just that.