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This is the oldest criticism of freedom of expression. It could be used for bad purposes. It has never been correct though.


Hmm... I've heard people from many minorities say that this is their daily lives on social media. I find your "it has never been correct" statement a little hard to believe


There is tons of derision and conspiracies about the ethnicity I belong to. Doesn't matter to me, doesn't define me. Restrictions to speech will never be done in the name of minorities. This is for the vanity of the masses almost exclusively, especially in our modern times.

There is not a single credible example where minorities were suppressed because people were allowed to talk too openly. There are a lot of cases were they were suppressed. And I do not believe this is what you can call a close call.

If you find any example at all, I would be interested to hear it.




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