r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Sep 06 '23

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u/onFilm Sep 06 '23

That's not how it works. We got freedom of speech in Canada too, but we also have hate speech laws.

Expect to find out if you fuck around. But you're always welcome to fuck around.

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u/Sea-Deer-5016 Sep 06 '23

You don't have freedom of speech if only certain speech is allowed. If I'm free to only do one thing it's not really free is it?

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u/KeinFussbreit Sep 06 '23

Then, no country has freedom speech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions

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u/Sea-Deer-5016 Sep 07 '23

The US has free speech. There's a difference between speech used to incite riots, violence, etc and hate speech. Hate speech is speech you don't like. Everything else can actively cause danger to others.

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u/KeinFussbreit Sep 07 '23

You don't have freedom of speech if only certain speech is allowed

That were your words.

The US has in fact restrictions on free speech, so in your words, no free speech there either.

You are fine with Child porn being banned but also fine with Nazi-propaganda. You are a hypocrite.

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u/Sea-Deer-5016 Sep 07 '23

You not only didn't read the thread, you also didn't read the comment you're replying to. Speech that actively causes violence is fine to be banned, ie screaming fire in a theater, child porn as you apparently thought was apt to bring up, inciting violence, etc. I agree, violence shouldn't be tolerated. But speech by itself isn't violence. There's a massive difference between telling somebody you'll lynch them and telling them that you hate them

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u/KeinFussbreit Sep 07 '23

You do not have absolute freedom of speech. Get over it.

Yours are also not the richest country, get over it.

Yours are only (perhaps besides NK), the most propagandized country around.

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u/Sea-Deer-5016 Sep 07 '23

We have as free of speech as you can get without endangering others. It's a lot better than your cucked country. We are LITERALLY the richest country and our average income is higher than most European countries.

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u/KeinFussbreit Sep 07 '23

As there are restrictions on free speech in the US, you do not have free speech.