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  • @[email protected]
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    -31 year ago

    Free speech is the freedom to speak about the government. That’s all it is. That’s it. If a company practices free speech all they’re doing is exercising thier freedom to criticize the government. Same with an individual.

    There is no other form of free speech. It exists solely to counter the government.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      You don’t police the English language. I don’t know what else to tell you.

      One phrase can refer to multiple things; “free speech” often refers to the ability to say whatever you like* without repurcussions from an authoritative figure, be that the government, Elon Musk’s cronies, or Lemmy moderators. Obviously it is not a constitutionally protected right in the latter contexts, but then again the phrase wasn’t “right to free speech.”

        • @[email protected]
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          61 year ago

          are you saying that free speech as a concept was invented by the US Government? and that the right to free speech can only be enforced by it?

          free speech can mean, and has meant, many things to many different people. the concept has been around for over 1000 years. there’s plenty more to say about “free speech” than just the rights specifically provided to american citizens.

          • @[email protected]
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            1 year ago

            No. Freedom of speech as a concept means freedom to criticize the government. Not just the US government.

            Anyone that thinks otherwise, as someone once said, is a dolt.

            • @[email protected]
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              51 year ago

              You’re the dolt lmao no one else has such a restrictive definition of the word. Context matters.