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Goebbels was in favour of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favour of free speech, then you’re in favour of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favour of free speech.― Noam Chomsky

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AlainK 2y ago 💬 2

Not a super fan of Chomsky but he is definitely right about this.

My view on freedom of speech is tied to respect. It doesn’t matter how extreme or nonsense might someone’s perspective sound, as long as it is done with respect and without the use of violent/hateful words…it should be accepted.

If it is controversial, based on lies, looking forward to increase division or spread misinformation… Education and information itself will work towards making it irrelevant or show the accurate/ethical side of it.

Initially I thought this community/platform/protocol would be a great place to start building something along those lines.

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fblauer 2y ago 💬 2

Yes, I think that nostr has potential to be a great place for real free speech. However, I have found that it is heavily biased toward bitcoin being the solution for everything. (bordering on propaganda, and half truths) If you try to disagree you are flamed. I don't consider this free speech.

AlainK 2y ago

Agree. I’ve been trying for the last days to connect with people here to develop a relay just to discuss geopolitics. Through that, it would be possible to test if this interface offers/could offer the conditions for healthy dialogue.

It’s been really hard. Most people want to make it all about bitcoin. I’m totally OK with it being key for the incoming future (especially blockchain tech).

But feels the vibe has to be disruptive regarding information or the current system.

Not sure if this is the right place or maybe I am in the wrong relays.

fblauer 2y ago

You bring up an interesting technical point (for me). Should the filtering be done at relay or the client? I am not clear on this. For now blocking people with extreme views seems to handle thing like hate speech, or child porn for example. But I do want to see people who have different views as long as it is not propaganda with no evidence or facts. Its not a fault of nostr, which I think is a good protocol. Maybe the "groups" feature in coracle will help. Still figuring things out, but very interesting stuff.