RE: Make stupidity illegal
August 28, 2014 at 3:34 pm
(This post was last modified: August 28, 2014 at 3:36 pm by Dystopia.)
(August 28, 2014 at 3:27 pm)bladevalant546 Wrote: I believe in the freedom of speech and thought. However, at what point should we tolerate stupidity? When I see countless comments how global warming is fake, wanting free education or healthcare to stimulate and maximize education and health makes you immoral, or how I.C.E cars are going to be replaced by EVs are a pipe dream. When the defense of those ideals are because the GOP or some conservative talking point/shills say so. How much of that should we actually tolerate? I am finding that allowing stupidity to breed is doing more harm that good.
In Europe there are usually restrictions to freedom of speech, EG you can't propagate racism or fascism, or go against constitutional principles. But people still have the right to express opinions inside certain limits - The only reasons to want them banned would be an incapacity to counter them. And why the hell can't I be against free education and healthcare? I'm not, but if I believed the government sucked at owning things, I had my right to be against it .
No offence but it seems unfair to ban freedom of speech just because someone doesn't agree with you, no matter how idiotic their opinion may be. Also, slippery slope. You're confirming the liberal bias that liberals are ok as long as you agree with them.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
