If Free-Speech falls, we're in trouble

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by Bonethunder [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Twitter and facebook are private companies that have the rigth to censor stuff you say

the big question is

who will the free speech social media giant be?

I got all my bomb making information from Barnes and Noble.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I got all my bomb making information from Barnes and Noble.

They sell some nice Warhammers too!

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They sell some nice Warhammers too!

Yeah, I made a funny, bath bombs are cool though ;p

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah, I made a funny, bath bombs are cool though ;p

is that like explosive soap?

[magnetaress]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

is that like explosive soap?

It gets all bubbly and smells really nice.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by magnetaress [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It gets all bubbly and smells really nice.

That sounds lovely. As a basic British bloke, previous to this explanation I had assumed a 'bath bomb' was what happened after having too many baked beans for dinner prior to the night's wash.

I am glad to stand corrected.

[DMN]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you crack open A People's History of the United States, you'll see that free speech has been under assault in far, far worse ways throughout American history. We're talking about powerful rich men buying every newspaper in town and silencing all dissent against them. NOTHING at all like one "newspaper" deciding not to print Trump's opinion.

Not a terribly good example. Fundamentally little different from the coordinated attacks on Parlor by the usual suspects.

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Once you understand where we came from, you'll understand that (as Gustoo said), we truly have more free speech now than ever.

Could you list all the notable people in history who were forever unemployable simply for having the "wrong" opinion on a subject? All the people booted out of school/profession/job due to some joke they made when they were kid? Where fully westernized democratic countries seek to jail/fine people for using the wrong words or simply telling the wrong jokes? Where those same governments compel speech? Where many of the universities in those countries had speech codes?

More idiots on the internet is no metric of free speech.

[Gustoo]

No one is forever unemployable because of having a wrong opinion. Take that same opinion to Texas or California depending on what the opinion was, and you can get the job right away. Wait a year and no one gives a shit. The excitement and intensity of the reactions are bolstered by things like social media that has no interest in anything but its own success (profits) and people being really upset keeps them on facebook reading upsetting posts.

We do need the freedom to roam like some Scandinavian countries have though. People aren't really legally allowed to do much other than buy or sell things or pay rent which makes me a little uncomfortable. We probably won't do that because it would mean that native Americans would be free to roam and that would be too scary.

[getsome]

Originally Posted by DMN [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Could you list all the notable people in history who were forever unemployable simply for having the "wrong" opinion on a subject?.

The following ten individuals were cited for contempt of Congress and blacklisted

Alvah Bessie, screenwriter
Herbert Biberman, screenwriter and director
Lester Cole, screenwriter
Edward Dmytryk, director
Ring Lardner Jr., screenwriter
John Howard Lawson, screenwriter
Albert Maltz, screenwriter
Samuel Ornitz, screenwriter
Adrian Scott, producer and screenwriter
Dalton Trumbo, screenwriter

[Gustoo]

They can probably get solid jobs in North Korea.