ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIs it possible to have a "free speech" platform that simultaneously stops "hate speech"?message-squaremessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1117arrow-down19
arrow-up1108arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-squaresilly goose meekah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 month 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-squareColeSlothlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 month 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.