In your utopia maybe. In reality the freedom you give to those that aren't on the same civilised page as you, will use it to fuck you up and conquer your stuff.
And therein lies the rub. Communists will use freedom of speech to divide the people and conquer. So defending the principles of freedom also means understanding that we may have to fight against speech that is undesirable because of the intended outcomes of that speech.
Maybe that is a circular argument but at some point those who wish to live in a free society have to take a stand against those who would use their freedoms against them.
Exactly. Like e.g. there are parts in the world where you can leave your house and your car open, and nothing will happen. While there are parts where your sandwich will get stolen if you leave it unattended for a second. How did people in both examples get where they are? Sure the safe society didn't embrace people who came in and steal and fuck thjngs up.
Speech or religious beliefs can't conquer anything.
Oh yes they can. As soon as they get in conflict with somebody elses free speech or religious beliefs, the conquering starts.
Banning speech because it leads to violence is even worse than banning guns because they lead to violence.
How's your government that bans speech different than communism? It's free because it identifies as a free government? LOL. Fuckin' clown world.
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