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The quote comes courtesy of Omona They Didn’t.
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It’s not rare to have people complaining about the United States allowing hate speech, but free speech means all speech, and that’s the way it should be. Partially because it gives everybody a voice, no matter what, but primarily because limiting any speech is a slippery slope to government mandated fuckery.
Personally? I don’t mind hate speech much at all. Why? Because I love complete freedom of speech. It makes things more of a meritocracy than ever, as nobody can complain they are being unfairly silenced.
You see, if somebody is free to say whatever they want, then that conversely means I am free to criticize the everliving fuck out of them however I want. More often than not, I’m confident I can make the more convincing stance, so I welcome the stupidity.
To me, showing people why an individual is full of shit is far more rewarding and convincing than simply crying to the government or interest groups about the bullshitter and getting it banned.
Not to mention it’s a lot more entertaining too.
“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it.” – Evelyn Beatrice Hall On Voltaire
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This may seem completely off topic, and to a point it is, but it’s something that has applications to just about everything in the world, and the Asian pop world is not an exception.
With constant fan wars raging, the levels of anger and butt hurt currently in the Asian pop realm is unprecedented. As such, you see many fandoms resorting to empty legal threats in response to…well…just about anything.
Point being, freedom of speech exists for a reason, use it. Don’t try to hide from it by whining about how you’re gonna bring a lawsuit against people after you say controversial shit like this idiot. Instead, simply argue your case in a rational way, it’ll win over the intelligent people who are privately reading the discussion, and in the end, those are the ones you want on your side anyway.
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I agree, but I also believe people should be responsible for their speech as well. You’re allowed to say whatever you want, as long as you face the consequences afterwards. What I’ve seen recently is that a lot of people think the freedom of speech is a safety net for when they say or write something morally wrong or illegal. For me is not like that at all – the fact that you can even express anything is the freedom of speech, what happens then is on your count.
Isn’t that what I said?
I agree with free speech but either way it will still have some type of consequences.
By law, it does. Libel, anyone?
Libel is incredibly hard to prove in America though.
Have to prove it false and you have to prove intent.
I’m not out to disprove your point because I agree with you (as usual). Just saying it *is* somewhat policed in America if people take it to that level.
Yes, if you try to ruin some unsuspecting citizen’s life in a way that effects his/her ability to live normally.
Almost impossible for a celebrity to win a libel case though.
You ALWAYS see fans threatening to sue.
Ridic.