09/29 Open Thread- Free Speech, Hate Speech, Disinformation, and all that
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 09/29/2025 - 5:00am
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Free Speech
The end of the "liberals hate free speech" meme
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/25/2025 - 11:07amNeither party is very good when it comes to free speech, but the GOP is demonstrably worse. Whether it is freedom of the press.
How the Right came to believe that they are the Defenders of Free Speech
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 05/05/2022 - 12:24amI've spent enough time on right-wing web sites to know that conservatives honestly and truly believe that they are the defenders of free speech, and that the "left" is an enemy of free speech. They aren't hypocrites, because that would imply that they are dishonest. They are in massive and deep denial.
Glen Greenwald, Rumble and the beginning of the end for Youtube
Submitted by Battle of Blair... on Sun, 08/15/2021 - 11:09pmhttps://rumble.com/vl29vn-online-censorship-and-the-washington-posts-pro...
As Greenwald says, Youtube has become the bane of free speech. Censorship by the 1% is growing in leaps and bounds.
Rumble, which founded in 2013, refuses to moderate content. People have been flocking to it.
I'm just passing along the word.
Get ready to Rumble.
Free speech is under attack in a sneaky, sleazy and sinister way
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 1:34pm
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Hillary Clinton: Free Speech is "Authoritarian"
Submitted by movie buff on Sun, 01/26/2020 - 9:39amSo the former Secretary of State and twice-failed presidential candidate has made a few comments about social media to The Atlantic, and rarely have I seen Orwellian doublespeak laid out so plainly. I don't know if she lacks the self-awareness to realize how she sounds, or if for her, saying this stuff publicly is just an expression of power: I will say what I want because this is my world and all you little people just live in it.
The Inequity of Free Speech
Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Sun, 11/19/2017 - 3:44pmA few people were whining about alt-right hate monger Richard Spencer being suspended from Twitter in response to the suspension of Peter Douche, because, you know, Free Speech ™.
The Lie That Is Freedom Of Speech
Submitted by The Aspie Corner on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 12:49pmIf 'Murica truly had freedom of speech, then 'Murica itself would reflect that. But we fucking don't.
Let's be real here: The right-wing has had full carte blanche to say whatever the hell they want for as long as this plutocratic shitstate of a country has existed. Meanwhile, the victims of their bullshit are being charged with crimes while the actual criminals get away with it all.
Charlottesville, Are We Really Falling for the Trap (?), and Antifa...
Submitted by GeorgeJohn on Thu, 08/17/2017 - 12:11pmOK, so…in the aftermath of Charlottesville…I am observing a couple of things…both pretty darn odd and unsettling. So this is a two-parter piece.
The first involves a rather patronizing dynamic of Prog Media personalities urging us not to ‘fall for the trap’ of C'ville. The warning is usually delivered along the lines of:
The Most Consequential Debate In Human History
Submitted by joe shikspack on Mon, 09/12/2016 - 4:57pm... at least you'd think so for all the heated discussion it has spawned.
Sigh. Once there was a dream of a site where a community of smart, kind and decent people gathered to organize and make change.
I've been reading through the various threads from Sunday this morning debating whether the word "bitch" should be verboten on this site. One side of the debate is adamant that its use is hurtful and sexist. The other side of the debate is adamant that it is their "right" to use it, regardless of whether it offends people.
Both sides expect the site moderation to side with them and enforce their rights.
