the thing is that is not free speech, if there is a punishment of say a smack in the mouth for saying what you feel is offensive or cunty then that is not free speech, free speach is the ability to say anything with out fear of physical repercussion, so an Absolutist would have the old sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me type thinking. You cant be for free speech but then smack some one for exercising free speech and be an absolutists in free speech. this is the thinking of the left, they say they believe in free speech But if you say something they dont like and they will destroy you for it, punishing some one for you getting offended by what some one else says aint free speech. you can be offended but you cant Hurt them to stop them from saying it, you have the right to reply but not to smack some one If you want to call your self an advocate of free speech, I My self have had to work hard on that, I cant smack some one who calls me a name and at the same time call my self an advocate of free speech, that is the exact opposite of free speech, hitting some one to shut them up aint free speech. thats what we have to accept. so you only have the following options if you believe in free speech if you are offended by some one elses speech, that is the right of reply or walk away, no more no less. just remember that. smacking them in the mouth in effort to shut them up for offending you is the exact opposite of an absolutist, Free speech is the right to say what you want with out fear of repercussions.I am a free speech absolutist. I also think it should be legal to smack people in the mouth for being a c*nt. Societies have always had a way of self governing speech. Offensive speech usually leads to thicker skin, and when lines are crossed, it typically results in a sharp wake up call for those not willing to walk away from it. Lessons are learnt regardless, and society is usually better off from the process.
Now just because I support the right for people to say arsehole things to others, that doesnt mean I support what they say, but to be an absolutist of free speech we have to accept they will likely say these things and we arent going to punish them for it, I dont have to like what they say either, but yo ucant smack some one or punish them for exercising their right, at that point you are taking away from their freedom
free speech = full ability to say what ever you want with out repercussions right?
a smack in the chops for saying something cunty, is a repercussion right?
there for not free speech
Now some one attacks you physically, smack away as I believe in the right to defend your self lol
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