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0 pointsTeever4y ago0 comments

Freedom is speech isn't the freedom to make people listen.

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Great. You have the freedom to speak, as long as it’s only in your head or into a corner where no one can ever hear you.

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean the freedom to make people listen, but the government can’t make that choice for people.

engineer_224y ago

"make people listen"

Like, coercion? As in, physically restrain someone so they must engage with my ideas?

TeeverOP4y ago

No, we're talking about a situation in Ottawa where people are blaring their truck horns for hours at a time with a complete lack of regard for how the citizens of that city feel about it.

engineer_224y ago

Oh, I thought we were talking about freedom of speech.

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tdhoot4y ago

Great. You have the freedom to speak, as long as it’s only in your head or into a corner where no one can ever hear you.

Freedom of speech doesn’t mean the freedom to make people listen, but the government can’t make that choice for people.

engineer_224y ago

"make people listen"

Like, coercion? As in, physically restrain someone so they must engage with my ideas?

TeeverOP4y ago

No, we're talking about a situation in Ottawa where people are blaring their truck horns for hours at a time with a complete lack of regard for how the citizens of that city feel about it.

engineer_224y ago

Oh, I thought we were talking about freedom of speech.

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