RE: Is not tolerating the intolerant intolerant
January 8, 2011 at 12:50 pm
(This post was last modified: January 8, 2011 at 12:53 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
When "free speech" can lead to more harm than restricting the "free speech", it's no longer good.
The vast majority of the time, the right to freedom is priority. But taking it as an absolute, as if "free speech" can never do more harm than the restriction of it, is unrealistic and naïve.
What is absolute in this world? To assume that because "free speech" is usually right that there are therefore probably no exceptions is still an unrealistic assumption.
Exceptions are common in this world. There's an exception to most practical matters.
The vast majority of the time, the right to freedom is priority. But taking it as an absolute, as if "free speech" can never do more harm than the restriction of it, is unrealistic and naïve.
What is absolute in this world? To assume that because "free speech" is usually right that there are therefore probably no exceptions is still an unrealistic assumption.
Exceptions are common in this world. There's an exception to most practical matters.
