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You can hear it from the horse’s mouth by simply watching the update put out by the Whitehouse. You won’t find it on CNN.

They were long steeped in censorship. Weimar Germany has the most modern hate speech laws in history. Nazis were persecuted for their speech up until ...

I don’t see how a deal is the only way to go, especially if that deal is no good. May’s deal, for instance, was deemed a bad deal. Rather, It would be...

I do, but only on the person thinking, believing and speaking. I don’t believe they have any efficacy beyond that.

Sharpie-gate The anti-Trump press, including their ideological brethren in late night comedy, spent the better part of a week lambasting the president...

Can’t deny that. But she did negotiate a Brexit deal, agreed to by the EU. But perhaps worse than that deal is they’re giving up their one remaining b...

I meant the British in general. In one paragraph it states how a citizen has the right to free expression. But in the next paragraph it explains how i...

It’s what Salman Rushdie calls the “But Brigade”. You have freedom of speech, but... No, you don’t have freedom of expression.

I imagine the artifacts of humans have advanced dramatically while the humans themselves have hardly evolved. Plus, I don’t think an organism can devo...

We shouldn’t conflate a referendum with a general election. One is a vote over a policy proposal while the other is a vote over who holds legislative ...

That seems to me to suggest voting on the same issue in perpetuity. So how many referendums on the same question should it take for the result to be i...

But attempting to undo a vote is. That topic was already voted upon.

I see no issue about having a second referendum if it is about the means to exit, for example deal vs. No-deal. But including the option to undo the p...

Just as an aside, I’m finding I’m often in the minority regarding opinions on current events and politics. I really like conversing about these topics...

Neither. They are campaign groups composed of politicians. The vote is the will of the people.

It seems to me we shouldn’t conflate general elections and referendums.

There were other leave groups, such as leave.eu and grassroots out.

Redecide? First the general will must be implemented. Only after can they vote to move back to the EU.

Article 19 of the UN human rights code: “Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions wit...

So the will of the people does not include the will of the constituents?

In my opinion, the UK should leave first and worry about deals after the Brexit referendum has been implemented. It seems the worry about deals and su...

And they saw how well that worked out. Hopefully they wouldn’t make the same mistake twice.

Constituents aren’t people? Maybe I’m wrong.

I always thought constituents were people. Maybe i’m Wrong.

I’m not so convinced of that. A majority of Leave voters would rather a no deal Brexit. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49551893

I don’t know why people would want a second referendum if the first one hasn’t been implemented, despite the government’s insistence that it would do ...

The role of an opposition party is to question the ruling party, not to oppose the will of their own constituents. They are elected to represent their...

Denying a general election on the topic seems to me to avoid the will of the people.

Still can’t get Brexit through even 3 years later. Remainers like to pay lip-service to democracy while opposing the will of the people at all costs. ...

That’s the worst part. In protecting our children from loss or speech we only make them weaker against it.

We have the sensitivity training to prove it. What we need is insensitivity training, and from a young age to boot. A thickened skin beets any censors...

The idea that the speech is a harm is always assumed before it is ever proven. It’s weird.

What we’re denying is that those thoughts and beliefs have efficacy beyond the person thinking or speaking them. Most have argued that, yes, words fly...

In another sleight of hand, some have applied the harm principle to speech, and based on this have evoked the paradox of tolerance in order to defend ...

Choudary doesn’t believe in liberal democracy, fundamental human rights and free speech either. I’d be wary of who we align our beliefs with.

I’ll just assume you don’t know. I’ll assume further that you agree with these censorial measures, which a UN inspector likens to “thought crimes”, an...

No, I admit, it takes a sheer act of will to step out of the magical thinking involved in speaking about the so-called consequences of speech. But peo...

More the Athenian aristocracy. I look at the censorial motivations and fear of unpopular opinions and see a parallel.

Maybe the troll isn’t so much “poisoning the well” as he is “corrupting the youth” with his lies and heresies. Wouldn’t that be a better analogy?

I never said nor implied their terrorism was a consequence of the hate speech. By “inspired by it”, I meant they were stupid enough to agree with it. ...

No, I do not accept terrorism, nor the stupid reasons they give for their actions. It does matter quite a bit. I know why ISIS hates us and why they f...

That someone may be inspired by it? Yeah sure. Or they may take the opposite stance and oppose it. Do you know why ISIS hates us and fights us in the ...

I accept that someone may or may not publish hate speech to a wide audience. Do I think it’s a logical consequence that it will happen? No. Do you kno...

This is off topic but fits into it, The same media who blamed themselves for giving Trump free exposure don’t blame themselves for the free exposure g...

I’ve stated explicitly that I don’t believe it should be censored. Take that to whatever logical conclusion you wish and imagine I’m arguing for it, b...

That was a great read. Thank you. But I fear Truth is no motivating factor in your plea for censorship. If you resort to censorship you cast doubt on ...

In what strange world does not censoring someone entail publishing their speech to a wider audience? Do you know the primary reason why ISIS hates us ...

Straw man? I said I didn’t want hate speech censored, not that I’d “rather have his speech published to a wide audience”. I don’t know how you leaped ...

I don’t think hate speech should be censored. If the news shows a swastika or racial vandalism, for example, I don’t think a bunch of neo-Nazis are go...