Is It gradually eroding away?
There's usually a good and bad side to everything but people should be able to voice their opinion.
I know there are Internet trolls and there are people who just want to cause harm.
It's just strange these days how relatively normal people get arrested based on what they write on the Internet.
Let's agree to disagree....
Actions speak louder than words....
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I don't see why that might be the case.
It is an interesting psychological topic that carries history behind it.
I can't remember his name but I know some French bloke was a strong advocate for it.
i can’t see this making the second page
Able to say what they want under freedom of speech and now they are banned and classed as terrorists
"Free speech may increase self-awareness: The key to mental health often begins with self-awareness. When we habitually hide our thoughts from others, we tend to become less aware of them internally, as well. We go into denial"
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I don't think there's anything wrong with doing that.
Obviously "hurty words" can sometimes break loose and things may unnecessarily get personal.
I just think people should be able to say what they think.
Fortunately for myself, I don't really have much of an opinion about anything.
My mind is like an empty cage and nothing is really going on in it.
Regarding general and political opinion, I have the passion of a sloth.
However whatever you say will have its consequences, large or small, which in turn then makes you think a lot more about what you should say as ultimately you could end up in a shitty situation.
It's not expressing controversial opinions that gets people arrested (as much as the media might lead you to thay conclusion) it's using those opinions to direct hate at or incite violence towards actual people
Also look up the paradox of tolerance. Really relevant now.
With freedom of speech, as with most freedoms, it appears to be the ones that bang on about it the most who actually threaten it. Take the US for an example. Those who were campaigning for free speech for the last few years and setting up their own social media sites in the name of free speech are now the ones banning books, removing peer reviewed research and limiting what information can be in libraries and museums.
- You have people that can make a point eloquently, well structured and researched and are usually correct because they've put effort in.
- You have people that maybe don't structure or research so well, they can make a point, but are willing to learn and/or be proven wrong.
- You have people that will state an opinion as fact then ignore every other answer.
- Then you have the problem people. When challenged they immediately become personal, swear, threaten and are genuinely childlike (and not nice children) in the way they make their point. They will gaslight you if it saves their face...
Sadly generally speaking the former two are much more quiet on social media, whilst the loudest ones are usually the latter two.
The second to last types sometimes come across more believable to some, because they simply ignore challenge and interaction and this can be read as confidence. It's usually arrogance and ignorance.
Those last ones would rather stir up hatred and violent speech than enter into a proper discourse on a topic for fear of exposing their idiocy.
Using X or Twitter as an example, the majority of tweets seem to be from those two latter pools of people.
Anybody can see it's not fairly enforced though.