Without getting into how ridiculous the tryhard nerdbabies that are “anti-feminists” and/or “anti-SJWs” sound typing every post like they’re desperate to sound like supervillains as envisioned by freshman film students who exclusively read Mark Millar and Frank Miller and exclusively watch Boondock Saints and South Park, the funniest thing to me about those kids is how little they understand about what “freedom of speech” means.
Freedom of speech means that the government can take no action to infringe on your right to speech (with a handful of exceptions determined and/or upheld by the SCOTUS like incitement, threats, slander/libel, the ill-defined and far too narrow/white-boy-coddling “fighting words,” endangering national security/sharing state secrets, etc.). It doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want without anyone responding. It doesn’t mean nobody is allowed to take down flyers you’ve taped to walls you don’t own in the first place. It definitely doesn’t mean that anyone who vocally disagrees with you in a way you don’t personally approve of is censoring you.
Feminists and “SJWs” are not the government. They aren’t locking you up. They aren’t issuing you fines. They’re hearing what you freely say and using their free speech to tell you that you’re an asshole. You are entitled to the right to speak freely. You aren’t entitled to silence, agreement, affirmation, or praise from anyone else.
folks accuse me of censorship all day because I preemptively block bigots on Twitter. it’s hilarious.
I never see any of these guys going into a crowded theater or auditorium and yelling “FIRE” then claiming “but muh free speech”
THAT ANALOGY WAS FIRST USED BY A JUDGE TO JUSTIFY IMPRISONING PEOPLE WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST AMERICA’S INVOLVEMENT IN WW1.
THE MOTHERFUCKING THEATER WAS ACTUALLY ON FIRE… OR AT LEAST IT WAS A PLAUSIBLE CASE THAT THE GOVT AND THE WIDER PUBLIC WANTED TO SILENCE.
PRIVATE HARRASSMENT IS NOT A VALID PURPOSE OF FREE SPEECH, BUT YELLING “FIRE” ABSOLUTELY FUCKING IS.
(via princess-stargirl)
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