05-30-2019, 07:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-30-2019, 11:35 PM by Louisabell.)
Unity100, I think you are confusing people who exercise their own freedom of speech with people who believe in freedom of speech as a universal principle (i.e. everyone's freedom of speech).
Yes nazis shout that they have a right to their marches because "free speech", but are they proponents of freedom of speech for all? Considering some of them don't even believe in the right to life for all, it's obvious they aren't for it. In this way they are hypocrites, enjoying freedoms that they would not give to others, making their ideology one that will eventually self-implode, as it has in the past.
Yes misogynists use their freedom of speech to say women should never have gotten the vote, but is what they're saying pro freedom of speech? Of course not when they want to take away women's right to freedom of speech through the political process.
Blaming the principle of 'universal freedom of speech' for the actions of these groups is like blaming Jesus for the crusades. Especially when the idealogies of nazis and misogynists are antithetical to universal principles/values for the benefit of all.
Yes nazis shout that they have a right to their marches because "free speech", but are they proponents of freedom of speech for all? Considering some of them don't even believe in the right to life for all, it's obvious they aren't for it. In this way they are hypocrites, enjoying freedoms that they would not give to others, making their ideology one that will eventually self-implode, as it has in the past.
Yes misogynists use their freedom of speech to say women should never have gotten the vote, but is what they're saying pro freedom of speech? Of course not when they want to take away women's right to freedom of speech through the political process.
Blaming the principle of 'universal freedom of speech' for the actions of these groups is like blaming Jesus for the crusades. Especially when the idealogies of nazis and misogynists are antithetical to universal principles/values for the benefit of all.