ID: Is this a pigeon meme where the person is tagged “cis society”, the butterfly in their hand is tagged “trans people having a backbone about anything at all”, and they are asking “is this destroying my free speech?”

  • Feydaikin@beehaw.org
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    17 days ago

    If it’s results in the State putting into law that it’s an offense to “talk wrongly” to someone, then yes, that would by all means be encroachment on free speech.

    But I do believe ‘The State’ is the centerpiece of that problem, not trans people.

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        17 days ago

        Neither.

        Simply the observation that if the government regulates what people can and can’t say, then by all means, we don’t have free speech.

        • RedSeries (She/Her)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          17 days ago

          Neither? So it’s fine if someone calls you a pedophile with no proof? Or called you slurs (provided you’re not privileged enough to have none)?

          I struggle to believe you’d actually believe in pure free speech if it were implemented the way you’re describing.