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What a convoluted word salad. I wouldn’t mind if the media showed us hate speech, if that’s what you’re getting at.

All of it conjecture. There is no wisdom in assuming motives. It appears NPR and various internet sleuths are providing information about where it cam...

Very fair point. We should always be wary of the growing identity politics as of late. The white nationalists are the worst of its manifestations so f...

It also has to do with the war on language itself. George Carlin makes a good case against political correctness here. It’s worth a listen. https://yo...

“their biases confirmed” = confirmation bias. Stop being the fool.

It just doesn’t follow that me defending his free speech means I’d rather his speech published to a wide audience.

It’s also magnified by the worst kind of sensationalism. Up until the election and beyond, Trump was compared to every brutal dictator in recent histo...

Not only “pinko-liberals”, but snobs and champagne socialists as well. It’s no strange wonder that the unmitigated consternation of antiTrumpism is ma...

I think it’s fine if you want to remain ignorant of what he says. But I would rather know, personally, mostly so I can combat his ideas.

Yes, hate speech laws have little if anything to do with terrorism. But censoring someone like Choudary leaves us all ignorant of his extremism.

It is no one’s business. It seems like rationalizing avoiding birth and growing old and alone. But if you get worried, just plant ten trees every year...

The US has no hate speech laws and less terrorist incidents than the UK. The UK has hate speech laws and more terrorist incidents than the US. https:/...

Maybe this one: Mother arrested in front of her children for calling a trans woman a man on Twitter is charged with trolling The UK has lost it. How t...

That’s right, anyone can look for themselves, there are no such rules in any debate format. I’m not feigning ignorance; you’re feigning knowledge.

I dare you to find a single one of those supposed “rules of acceptable debate” in any debating format. But don’t bother, there are no such rules. http...

Accepting arbitrary rules of debate is to engage honestly, sincerely and respectfully in clown world?

Lol. I wish I would have thought of that, to be honest.

Your so-called “rules of debate” are made up whole cloth. Your demands are unnecessary, and you cannot even follow them. What a waste of time.

Now you know what I believe and know. Are you psychic? So much for “acceptable debate”.

That’s not true at all.

Evidently I think your “rules” are made up from thin air.

What’s your hesitation on beginning the “debate”? It’s been a few pages of you doing this now.

That’s not true at all. Good faith has nothing to do with your “rules of acceptable debate”.

I’ve never seen a formal debate without a structure and resolution, but only a list of a few fallacies that are strictly forbidden.

The president has every right, and I would even argue the duty, to classify what he wants.

That’s not true at all. Good faith has nothing to do with your “rules of acceptable debate”. Besides, they are not rules so much as they are arbitrary...

I would think consciousness also requires a body. Much current AI research seems to be brain focused and disembodied, which really isn’t the case with...

Well, social media companies have received great pressure from governments to self-curate or suffer stiff penalties and regulation. They were once fai...

It might be a geopolitical thing rather than a political thing, but that would be interesting to know.

It’s a great picture. Of course, the president can declassify whatever he pleases.

You want to have a formal debate with no resolution, but with your arbitrary rules? I’m not sold on your sincerity, your dismissal of my good intentio...

Which legislative support?

I’m not sure I can make such a promise given the political nature. I’m sure you’ll let me know if I run afoul. I can at least offer good faith.

That echoes Orwell’s concerns: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/the-freedom-of-the-press/ Surprisi...

I fear we cannot legislate free speech. The best we can do is argue in its favor and, over time, hope that others adopt it as an important principle. ...

Your free speech is essentially my duty not to censor you, and defend you when you’re censored. But yes, I don’t think individuals often see take that...

Absolutely agree. The idea that free speech only applies to governments is a massive misunderstanding. The problem is the conflicting interests such a...

Yes of course, censorship exists. If the boss believed in free speech, on the other hand, she might not be fired.

His right to free speech does not entail he has a right to an audience. But one thing is certain, she should leave immediately.

The phrase reminds me of that Idi Amin quote, “There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech”. Sure you can say what you wan...

It appears that James Comey was rebuked by the IG report. In the end they declined to prosecute, but found he did break FBI rules. In light of the upc...

Some of it was trite and badly written, but yours was good.

It appears the going rate for quality contributions in this thread is copying and pasting news articles and signalling to each other our anti-trump bo...

Well, you responded to me so I was replying in kind. I guess it’s not worth it as soon as you get a little push back.

Yes, it’s crazy that I could be met with all sorts of abuse and false accusations and ridicule, while I should be banned for...trolling? I guess these...

It just doesn’t follow that to oppose the underlying premise of hate speech laws, blasphemy and gross indecency, is to oppose laws against rape and ch...

Actually they banned homosexuality for the same reasons they ban hate speech: indecency, a sort of moral panic, and not as a crime against another per...

I have yet to be convinced that these so-called high standards are applied to anyone but me, the only dissenter.