⚡️🗣️ “Free speech needs boundaries… Without boundaries, a very small group of people can rely on endless freedom to say anything that they want, while everyone else is scared and intimidated,” says Josephine Ballon, CEO of HateAid.
Discussion
This is kinda what I wanted to say 🤣
Like let's talk about "scared to give their political opinions".
People are scared because no one knows where these "boundaries" are, but the penalty for crossing it is quite severe: closed account, banned access, or maybe even harassment by law enforcement.
Some may shout louder than others, but that doesn't mean that one "side" shouts louder than the other, there are timid people on all sides and loud people too. It may not be balanced, but this is good, it let's people see what is going on so they can jump sides if they like.
If you said free speech should not include CSAM for example, I get it. That is a boundary. But to bring up politics is where you clearly show your intent is malicious.
The sad thing is that we live in a society of timid people who want to or need to put their heads down and get on with life. So this type of rhetoric resonates with most people. They think that if the loud people would just shut up, they could say something, but the truth is that it is not boundaries that they need, it is open mindedness followed by conviction gained from learning from their sources, surroundings and others.
God forbid people say what they want…
It’s the complete opposite. When free speech has boundaries, everyone is scared and intimidated to speak freely.
So it’s not free speech then …
No shit they are scared to express themselves, frauline!!! But they are scared of the government, not the other person who disagrees with them online.
60 minutes is an American program, they should know you need a British or Austalian accent to try to sell this BS to us 😂😂