Comments by "Spiritual Psychotherapy Services" (@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices) on "Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship u0026 Free Speech | Lex Fridman Podcast #397" video.
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freedom of speech:
the ability to speak one’s mind without fear of RETRIBUTION.
Normally, freedom of speech is dependent on the prevailing governmental rules, at least at the public level.
In private, freedom to speak one’s mind is entirely contingent on the rules of the particular house or institution in question.
Freedom of speech does not negate the CONSEQUENCES of one’s speech. To give example, if a child berates his father, obviously, he ought to be punished for that sinful deed. In order to propose another example, a genuine king will permit his subjects to criticize his actions in a constructive manner, as long as they refrain from deliberate insults, which is a criminal offence (see Chapter 12). A large proportion of humanity seems to agree that one should refrain from speaking words that incite violent acts, and that one ought not yell the word “Fire!!” in a crowded room or auditorium purely as a practical joke. Those who believe that free speech should be totally unconditional will not be able to sustain that opinion if his or her children spout insubordinate speech, as in the first example.
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