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swirlie · 31-35, F
It doesn't mean anything. Freedom of Speech is an oxymoron at best. This is because Freedom of Speech doesn't categorically exist in any society nor can it be allowed to exist. It is the tempered restriction of speech that keeps even the most advanced, most educated societies functioning in a civilized manner through checks and balances we place on public speech which we impose on each other, of which further defines the boundaries of what creates a civilized society in the first place.
LeopoldBloom · M
@swirlie Free speech has to be limited, for example, you can’t conspire to break the law and call it free speech, but the free exchange of ideas, including offensive ones, is fundamental to a free society.
swirlie · 31-35, F
@LeopoldBloom
That is correct.
That is correct.