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I'm conducting research on the idea of freedom of speech - whether it exists or not. And I was interested in what my fellow OHers have to say. Freedom of expressing oneself is actually quite misunderstood. Freedom of speech is having the right to be able to express your opinion freely without fear of retaliation, censorship or sanction. Some people believe that there should be a limit to freedom of speech - not to the point were it's completely censored but because of hate speech. Quite a few people believe that because they have their own freedom of speech that they can say whatever they want and get away with it e.g. attacking people for their religion, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race etc. 

 

I want your opinion on the subject. 

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its an political stuff, if said something is the most hated things in your country, it will lead you to be arrested and get sent to jail for a long time. Japanese people even complain about Korean presence living in Japan for long time ago since they came to Japan in its colonial era and the Japanese government has decided to outlaw hate speech for good.

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Freedom of speech is a right that everyone should have

With that being said, it doesn't mean that one should be allowed to infringe the rights of the others

I believe in the Paradox of Tolerance ("In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance").

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The First Amendment here in the U.S. is very good at spelling it out that the government shall not restrict your speech (i.e. jailing people because of their religious/political views or criticizing the government).

 

I'm a strong believer of freedom of speech, but there shouldn't be freedom of consequences from that speech, non-govt of course.  

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Free speech is one of the most important rights

Hate speech is too subjective something that’s hateful for you might not be hateful for me and who decides what’s hate speech? Yeah the State. Once you go there the state can claim a bunch of things like “hate speech†it’s too overreaching

 

People have the right to say what they want even if what they want to say is not right

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It ends when it harms others

Freedom of speech is a right that everyone should have

With that being said, it doesn't mean that one should be allowed to infringe the rights of the others

I believe in the Paradox of Tolerance ("In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance").

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That freedom of speech should be a right to all (even those that you may disagree with) except in extenuating circumstances (e.g. incitement to violence or libel/defamation), If you restrict the speech of racists and Nazi's then you and the authorities will not be able to call these people out  or potentially arrest them (if you have an anti-discrimination law or something similar) as you will not know who is a Nazi/Racist or what their thought are

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In my point of view, freedom of speech is an illusion.

We live in societies that marginalize people that don't fit the basic standards of the said society.

And on top of all there are also laws that can dissuade you from stating your point because, more that social retaliation, there can be legal actions. Depending on the country, the freedom of speech is more or less subdued by the laws and social constructs. But I don't believe that in this world there is any society in which you have a whole freedom of speech.

 

I don't believe that 2 minds think alike, work alike. But our societies are still up. I think it's mainly because mankind is cooperative and work on agreements in order to live together. So basically, we shape our lives to fit in, and by doing so we don't fully express ourselves.

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It's a balancing act: you shouldn't limit peoples right to say what they want but at the same time but sometimes it can be used an excuse to be a dick or for ulterior motives.

 

I mean if I said "X shouldn't be allowed in this country" sound like hate but if I say "X shouldn't be allowed in this country because they don't wanna assimilate" then that falls into a grey area or maybe even a at least thought provoking. What do you do in that case?

 

Then these days, especially on social media, you get both extremes: people being dicks and others preventing others from speaking.

 

Tbh true free speech can never be a reality, it's more of an interpretation of what's acceptable that varies from individual or place.

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Freedom of speech is a fundamental right for all people, everywhere. More importantly, the right to freedom of speech must also protect speech that other people don't like or so-called "hate speech."  If the right to freedom of speech only protects speech that is popular or that no one disagrees with, then you don't have the right to freedom of speech at all.

 

As the famous saying goes, "I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It."

 

The remedy to speech that you don't like is....more speech! Explain why the statement or opinion that you don't like is wrong. Argue ferociously, if necessary. But argue with fact. Argue with logic. Convince people that you are right. Suppressing or outlawing someone's speech because you don't like it is not only wrong, it doesn't work in the long run.

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Free speech is one of the most important rights

Hate speech is too subjective something that’s hateful for you might not be hateful for me and who decides what’s hate speech? Yeah the State. Once you go there the state can claim a bunch of things like “hate speech†it’s too overreaching

 

People have the right to say what they want even if what they want to say is not right

this. I might not like what you say and not associate with you because of it, but you have every right to say it. I just wish everyone had basic decency.

 

If we draw a line and say THIS is illegal because it offends me or I dont like it, where does the line stop? It would lead to complete censorship of unpopular opinions.

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Legally speaking hate speech has never been considered to be part of the right to freedom of speech. In my country I believe there is freedom of speech. It might also be relevant to note that the right to freedom of speech has only been called into existence to protect people from their government; nowadays the phrase is often used in the relationship between two citizens.

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