The free speech thread

[jonb]

For me, freedom of speech is directly related to how resilient the individual is expected to be. In a society where the individual is expected to react to the slightest remark, There can be no freedom of speech. For instance in the soviet union the individual was expected to follow the orders of the state without discrimination. In other words the individual was not expected to think just react. I think that there is no excuse for attacking somebody because someone said it would be a good idea, so I would say total free speech, but we do not live in a society where the individual is expected to think everything through for themselves. So we do not have total freedom.