shawn on Nostr: This guy gets it. > The only way to defend free speech is to nuke the idea of ...
This guy gets it.
> The only way to defend free speech is to nuke the idea of benevolent censorship from orbit. Nobody has a monopoly on the truth, nobody can discern "misinformation" from truth consistently or without bias, and nobody can define "hate speech" in universally acceptable terms that don't recall blasphemy laws of centuries past. The alternative, betting on more speech to counter bad speech, isn't a guaranteed win every time, but it's by far the best option we've found so far.”
https://world.hey.com/dhh/free-speech-isn-t-guaranteed-to-be-forever-e7654685Published at
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