ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoIs it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"?message-squaremessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up1113arrow-down18
arrow-up1105arrow-down1message-squareIs it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"?ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoAnother comment explained it pretty nicely: But you can’t have [a platform with absolute free speech] while allowing for hate speech either because hate speech silences the voices of its target. It’s basically the tolerance paradox but with free speech.
minus-squareColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoHate speech doesn’t silence non hate speech.
Another comment explained it pretty nicely:
It’s basically the tolerance paradox but with free speech.
Hate speech doesn’t silence non hate speech.