grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 2 years agoJordan Peterson learns that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequencesrabble.caexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down13
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minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoPeople forget that free speech also includes freedom of association. You can say what you want but others have the freedom to choose not to associate with you because of it.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoBut freedom of association is used to justify racial discrimination, including segregation, so that doesn’t really work either.
minus-squareChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoEvery right has limits. Discrimination against protected classes is one of those limits.
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years ago Every right has limits. Yeah, that’s a good way to get you into a tyrannical situation you have no way out of.
People forget that free speech also includes freedom of association. You can say what you want but others have the freedom to choose not to associate with you because of it.
But freedom of association is used to justify racial discrimination, including segregation, so that doesn’t really work either.
Every right has limits. Discrimination against protected classes is one of those limits.
Yeah, that’s a good way to get you into a tyrannical situation you have no way out of.