Re: Free speech absolutists weirdos

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024, JAB wrote:

On Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:38:47 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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When I was young, I could say I'm in favour of free speech, and no one
would even care or react, since it was so obvious.

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Before Internet, your opinion was mainly within your circle. Speech
laws have existed, but rarely enforced since law enforcement did not
have access to free speech comments in your circle.

Actually I find it to be the exact reverse. Before the internet, there was more mixing of circles and more discussions with people with different opinion.
Post internet, and in the current day and era, the reduction in free speech has led to people only discussing with others who they know have the same opinions.
I would never dare to discuss in public what I discuss online out of fear of fines and imprisonment.
So before the internet, discussions were more vibrant and more rewarding. Perhaps with the exception of you and me, and a few other nice and interesting and mildly frustrating people on usenet. ;)

With Internet, your opinion is available to others outside of your
circle.  Companies have fired employees who badmouth a company, and
law enforcement has attempted to round up those who violate the law.
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