submitted by LikeAWombatScorned
It was a long few weeks visiting my parents and siblings. We mostly avoided talking about politics, but one of my mom's friends was visiting and wanted to engage with me. She talked about how hate speech should be banned. When I asked if she supported freedom of speech and the First Amendment she said "yes". Then I told her "Speech that everyone agrees with doesn't need protection because everyone already agrees with it. You can safely say agreeable things in North Korea, after all! The First Amendment has to protect speech that most people disagree with or aren't comfortable with, otherwise it's useless."
She disengaged after that.
It was a long few weeks visiting my parents and siblings. We mostly avoided talking about politics, but one of my mom's friends was visiting and wanted to engage with me. She talked about how hate speech should be banned. When I asked if she supported freedom of speech and the First Amendment she said "yes". Then I told her "Speech that everyone agrees with doesn't need protection because everyone already agrees with it. You can safely say agreeable things in North Korea, after all! The First Amendment has to protect speech that most people disagree with or aren't comfortable with, otherwise it's useless."
She disengaged after that.
Fantastic comeback, Pede!
Thanks. I actually heard that line of reasoning from Jimmy Dore, a leftist progressive with a lot of beliefs that I totally disagree with. But he's right about some things, and a great source of information/criticism about the corrupt establishment Dems.