Quotable Free Speech

bluabaleno (55)adminin EOS Discussions • 5 years ago

Reddit, a communal space that we all love and enjoy, recently came out with a new harsh set of policies that would punish not only those who publish content it deems inappropriate, but also those who upvotes such content.

Voice, one of the most anticipated decentralize social media platforms in recent memory places severe restrictions on who can and cannot use the platform as well as content policies that would make Facebook look like a free speech haven.

With each passing day, we are seeing online social platforms implementing increasingly harsh censorship measures.
And yet they claim to do this for your benefit, that they must censor some users in order to protect the Free Speech rights of others.

So let us ask you:
What does Free Speech mean to you? And who in history said it best?

Let us in our discussions here: https://discussions.app/tag/freespeech/d16287byj113/contest_quotable_free_speech

#eos #freespeech #censorship #reddit #discussionsapp

5 years ago in EOS Discussions by bluabaleno (55)admin

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logiczombie (57) 5 years ago (edited)

The following is 100% CopyLeft and can be used for this contest by anyone:

Protesting without dialogue (with the sole intent to silence opposition) is harassment, not free speech.

I'm not a fan of ad hominem attacks, but I'm even less of a fan of censorship and retaliation.

Ad hominem attacks and air-horning your opponent are the tactics of FASCISM (dismantles open dialogue and civil debate).

They came for the name-callers and I said nothing, because I'm not a name-caller.

They came for the Christians and I said nothing, because I'm not a Christian.

They came for the conspiracy theorists and I said nothing, because I'm not insane.

Then they came for the independently minded skeptics, and those types never stand up for anyone but themselves, so they were easy-pickins.

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bluabaleno (55)admin 5 years ago

great quotes.

but the second one is a recasted version of this poem by Martin Niemöller.

“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out,
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out,
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out,
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Which is still great but giving the OP some credit might be good ;)

http://marcuse.faculty.history.ucsb.edu/niem.htm

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logiczombie (57) 5 years ago

Thanks for the acknowledgement.

I'm not sure you can copyright the format or style of a specific quote.

Also, I'm pretty certain I'm not pilfering cash from Martin Niemöller's pockets.

When I originally wrote this original variation on a theme, I did include wiki links, but after careful analysis, it appears my version is sufficiently distinct from its inspiration. Please feel free to redistribute with or without accreditation.

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