Thread by @realitycheckind

so I probed some ppl on free speech they came up short.

A very hard identity based ideology that rides on defamation, their entire corpus of literature is nothing but canards and defamation, can only be defeated by full and scathing free speech in the reverse direction.

any factual defamation must of course be prosecuted but not by political parties , but by the descendants and trustees of that legacy.

any 'wrong opinion' or 'disrespect' is not actionable at all by anyone. Particularly of political leadership who themselves do not think twice to abuse like 'B dogs..' even Ivy League" PTR uses 'rabid dog' for HRaja - that is the current bar of discourse in #D

without #C there is no 'country' per se. quite opposite of what the Dravidians claim India is already hugely federal in a way even America isnt. The state has total control of Police/Lower Jud. In US, you have Fed/State police and court with own jurisdiction.

"Jailing" for speech is just a substitute negotiated in your own minds for "killing". The goal is the same "to kill the voice" of dissent. In turf where political violence is cheap (KL/WB) actual killing takes the place of mere jailing. Effect is same.

So as @ShashiTharoor would argue with some appeal .. "Say India passes free speech law, then you will simply be killed instead of being jailed.. which is better?"

gtg more on this.