I know there has been so much propaganda and attempts to disparage it, but I still believe in free speech. Not just the act of being able to say what you want when you want, but the POWER of free speech. The ability to entertain ideas that are different than the group.
Free speech allows a society to have a vaccine against propaganda. It allows mutations of dangerous speech into a less dangerous idea. It gives an outlet for people who are angry, pissed off, afraid. It exposes hate speech for what it is with no need for some censor to ban it.
It allows new ideas, new thoughts, new protests. It allows a populous to ask for a Redress of their grievances so that they are not required to take up arms to find a compromise. It allows for an informed population that can make more knowledgeable decisions. It speeds up the
... acquiring of maturity among young adults as they are able to debate and discuss any topic. It gives POWER to the people to loudly say "hell, no! We do not consent". It allows businesses to grow faster, be more competitive. It drives competition in business, politics, sports,
..science. it enables a free market as people's wants, desires, needs are addressed by others that want to make a profit or provide a service. Free speech is the keystone to self government. It is the arch that holds up freedom and liberty.
In other words:
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."-George Washington
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."-George Washington
That is why that IF truth social follows what it says it will &provides a true free speech platform, it will run rings around every other social media platform that has censorship in it's foundation. Of course, many people do not believe in free speech anymore. They discount it's
POWER. They fear to hear things they do not like. They wish for a safe space or echo chamber where their minds are not agitated by new or different ideas. They seek the peace of the ignorant, and fear the battle of the informed. Free speech to those people is too chaotic, too
...messy, too strange. To them, it's just too dangerous. To me, only cowards would be afraid of someone speaking their mind. Only those with low confidence in their beliefs would be afraid of someone having a different opinion.
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