Quote:
Originally Posted by Reiker000
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Freedom of speech isn't going anywhere.
|
Sadly it is mate. There has been many recent legislature as the article discusses that has been passed that limit the use of free speech.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reiker000
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Freedom of speech however doesn't mean what most people think it does. You can say stupid things (in the right venue - it doesn't protect you from preaching Satanism in church) but that doesn't mean you're free from the repercussions of your actions. Culpability is losing its meaning a lot faster than freedom of speech is.
|
You are right and wrong. I do understand that freedom of speech doesn't mean I can go into a church service and start banging pots and pans and spout satanic dogma since that disrupts the others from their freedom of speech. However, in an open forum like Youtube or on the internet in most cases, posting an anti-religious video is a perfect example of free speech and is nowhere the same instance as described above. Just because a group finds something offensive is not enough justification to censor the thing in question. The depiction of Muhammed is a perfect example. If I draw a picture and say this is Muhammed and post it on this forums, then I should be protected by freedom of speech. It does not disrupts theirs and is just silly in general.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Reiker000
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Also, other nations have differing culture and values than America does, and the world is becoming more and more globally connected.
|
I also understand that there are differing cultures and values in the world, but with the world becoming more and more globally connected, the freedom of speech is something that needs to be protected and any acts that seek to circumvent the whole thing should be met with strong resistance. The internet is an open global forum and should be kept as such. When blatant censorship comes in the guise of tolerance, then you have a big problem. Though it may be childish, the best response to such a stance is "sorry you got butthurt." I am not saying that hateful speech should be protected everywhere, but if they congregate to themselves and are not plotting anything that might disrupt/harm others then it should be protected. If there is an open forum and they post on it, then that is also fine as the forum was meant to be open and with open forums you have the dredge of society come out. I might not agree with what they are saying, but I do believe they should be protected in such cases.
What I don't get is how we should "tolerate" other cultures (and by other cultures I mean extremists) who spout nothing but hate and threaten others with violence or respond with violence as that directly tries to censor others' free speech. That isn't being tolerant, that is being stupid.