The right to free speech ( Archived) (28)

Freedom of speech doesn't mean you're entitled to a platform. Aren't right-wingers supposed to be the "free market" crowd? So why all the whining and complaining, when companies pull their sponsorship, or deplatform commentators/right-wing pundits, because they don't want their products/services associated with the terrible messages many of them tout on air, on a daily basis?. Hey, you can still say whatever you like, you just don't get a paid platform to do it.. Deal with it.

It's also funny to hear people speak about "hurt feelers" regarding Hillary, when Trump and his flock mention Hillary what?... all day, non-stop, 24/7? And she's not even in office? She's an irrelevant private citizen. And we rarely see or hear her making any public statements about Trump with any regularity, even though she could. What gives? It's almost like that lil ole lady, as centrist and corporatist as she might be, has more cojones and sense than the Trumpsters. Projection at it's finest. Trump won but still he and his followers act like the losers.

pointless unless you can specify the exact types of speech that are not allowed under the law

Our attitude to free speech in the West worked for decades. It is only since the Left has started to lose ground to Populist forces that the losing Left has resorted to attacking free speech. It is a dangerous tactic and one that is likely to end in failure

You didn't specify the laws you were referring to in your previous post. Very dangerous 'hate speech laws' have been creeping into society recently. Dangerous precisely because they are vague in nature, and open to interpretation(which should NEVER be the case when it comes to law). Open to interpretation means open to being misused. And when individuals in society can be targeted as a result of some bogus interpretation of some vague 'hate speech' law, then we are in SERIOUS TROUBLE INDEED. You may have heard of the phrase 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions', and this translates perfectly when it comes to hate speech laws. They 'sound' nice when looked at on the surface, but dig a little deeper, and you will understand that they are fundamentally evil and they only guarantee persecution and tyranny. When it's a choice between persecution and tyranny, and having to put up with some speech that you may find offensive, i'm choosing the latter every time.