Comment on 'The Rock' explains why he's not endorsing Biden this time, how he feels about 'woke culture'

• PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you implying that only speech that results in someone being thrown in jail should be defended or something?

  I don’t get how that question makes a lick o’ sense, especially since free speech absolutists defend harmful, hateful rhetoric that also doesn’t get anyone thrown in jail, just pisses a lot of people off. It’s not like people go to jail for misgendering trans people or staging an insurrection.

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  • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Then I don’t understand your point. If nobody is punished for their speech then they have free speech.

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    • PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a great point! Riddle me this: What are supposed free speech absolutists defending then??

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      • wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t I’ve ever talked about them.

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    • Zeppo@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The question was defending their right to express the opinion, not government persecution. Also, good job of ignoring 90% of the original comment.

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