Post AibNOasEUK2yfVbSSW by sydneyfalk@elekk.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #9k1JSZk4yTh0kdPLwu by noelle@elekk.xyz
       2019-06-19T23:33:41Z
       
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       Poor freedom of speech. Its meaning has taken such a drubbing  in the last few years.I mean, originally, it was just "the government can't tell you what you can and can't say".Then someone decided it meant "what you say should never have any consequences".Then someone decided that it meant "nobody can deny you a soapbox".Then someone decided that it meant "nobody can refuse to listen to you."Now apparently it means "every program that could possibly access my soapbox MUST do so."
       
 (DIR) Post #9k1e1D0VUcIHSTsqki by usdcollector@niu.moe
       2019-06-20T03:32:14Z
       
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       @noelleThe first amendment of the United States Constitution states that the government cannot tell you what you can and can't say. However, the general concept of freedom of speech extends beyond any individual government and is rather about the extent to which a central authority or gatekeeper can be the arbiter of who gets to speak.
       
 (DIR) Post #9k28SfJTMDtBgulN2W by epicmorphism@satania.space
       2019-06-20T09:13:22.497047Z
       
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       @noelle a lot of people on the Fediverse are not Americans, so it's strange to say that freedom of speech was originally about the government regulation. Freedom of speech != 1st amendment
       
 (DIR) Post #AibNOYJQ0n0iixIcuu by noelle@elekk.xyz
       2019-06-20T03:37:41Z
       
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       @gaditb @usdcollector@niu.moe I will be even more pedantic and point out that when the concept of freedom of speech was originally (note the wording) conceived in Europe, the government WAS the central authority; the only higher authority was the Pope, who effectively was the government anyway. If we're gonna be persnickety, let's be persnickety.
       
 (DIR) Post #AibNOa1PehnQ1gtH84 by noelle@elekk.xyz
       2019-06-20T03:37:54Z
       
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       @gaditb @usdcollector@niu.moe The real answer: yes, of course, but I had 6 characters left.
       
 (DIR) Post #AibNOasEUK2yfVbSSW by sydneyfalk@elekk.xyz
       2019-06-20T13:42:33Z
       
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       @noelle @gaditbshould have used emoji, they always help