the general on the ground wisdom is “freedom of speech isnt freedom from consequences”, but its hard to switch this formula out with any other right. “you have freedom of religion but if youre X religion there will be consequences”- would most people call that freedom of religion
https://twitter.com/tripwireint/status/1435045620289613824
in fact something like “i got fired for being [X religion]” seems like the exact thing someone would cite in attempting to prove that someone did not, in fact, have freedom of religion
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btw (i see seamus is making the same point i am here), this particular response is an example of an extremely common error that happens in this discussion (as long as we’re dissecting this a little). freedom of speech isnt the same thing as the first amendment. [...]
https://twitter.com/CharliReine/status/1435086423665807364
freedom of speech is a principle. the 1st amendment is part of the law. so appealing to what the first amendment in particular covers means nothing when we’re discussing the principle of freedom of speech. not really a Book Learning guy but i think they call this a category error
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