alt Hacker News> Why is this Thought Policing tolerated?
Because it's what everyone and their mother was calling for during covid to fight the dangerous <label> for opposing authoritarian policies.
Because we have to stop Russia, the republicans, extremists, anti war protests who are actually just <label>, because we have to protect kids, or fight racism...
It was all bullshit and people loved it. Now it's almost too late. If you don't reject it all and fight authoritarianism regardless of party alignment, you're not going to change any of this.
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Should I be allowed to go on national news and present irrefutable evidence (AI-generated of course) that the president is a lizard person?
By default, I should, because it's a free country. But what if enough people start believing me that the country falls apart? Should the country let itself fall apart or should it perhaps try to stop the whole thing?
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Yes, very few people want free speech for their opponents.
They want free speech for what they agree with, or at least think tolerable.
The principle of free speech as a right everyone has, has been lost.