17th September 2022, 5:15 PM
I understand where you're coming from, and I do hope you're right. I fear there's a lot of silent people who agree with the likes of Tucker that we still haven't seen though.
But, I'd like to be clear about the very specific kind of speech I think would be better off banned. I'm talking specifically about saying this or that group "should be rounded up and shot". I'm talking about speech saying we need to "take up arms and take back our country". I'm talking about direct incitements to violence in particular.
But, I'd like to be clear about the very specific kind of speech I think would be better off banned. I'm talking specifically about saying this or that group "should be rounded up and shot". I'm talking about speech saying we need to "take up arms and take back our country". I'm talking about direct incitements to violence in particular.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)