[ExI] pay to not play

[Dylan Distasio]

As hard as it is to believe, I remember a time not that terribly long ago
when even the ACLU believed in your version!

With the current insanity that has enveloped the US, this is no longer the
case.

On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 10:55 PM Rafal Smigrodzki via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 3:57 PM John Klos via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> If you say "free speech", then do you really think that platforming Nazis
>> and white supremists is the price we have to pay to not overstep?
>>
>>
> ### Well, yes, actual free speech (not the scare-quote "free speech")
> means that all the people you hate and despise with the greatest possible
> intensity get to spew their most hateful, despicable and evil words to all
> the other evil and despicable people who wish to listen.
>
> Yes, that specifically includes actual Nazis, Satan worshippers,
> anti-vaxers and even Democrats.
>
> I am a free-speech absolutist.
>
> All speech is sacred. Everyone must have the right to say anything and
> everything and no one may be legitimately punished for it (except if he
> voluntarily relinquished some of his rights to speak by entering into a
> contract).
>
> So says the First Commandment of my holy social faith.
>
> Rafal
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