Comments by "Peter deWolf" (@StoneShards) on "You Either Side with Free Speech or You Stand Against Civilization, There's No Middle Ground" video.

  1. No, I don't think many people will fall, again, for the politicians' promises to make and abide by "rules". They lie. "Rules" are just "cover" for whatever they wanna do. Look at the rules' "fine print". They always give themselves plenty of wiggle room...But, "Hey, we're a nation of laws", regardless of how they're enforced? No, don't work that way. We're no longer a nation of laws; we're a nation of special rules, enforced according to your IDENTITY--state-determined. "Nation of laws, not men" always rang a little hollow to me...now it doesn't ring at all.
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  2. There's ALWAYS middle ground! Even if it's only a narrow strip, wide enough for a fence post! hehehe...Traditionally, "culture", is the middle ground of free speech. I'd argue social norms are the proper mode of the discipline of free speech--not "law".
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