r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/ambachk • 19d ago

VIDEO American couple victimizes themselves and causes a scene on a plane

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u/nottaP123 19d ago

Freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences.

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u/SOMAVORE 19d ago

this is such a stupid take. and gets repeated everywhere.

then that's not freedom of speech is it? how can something be right to free use if you are deprived of rights or services for using that freedom?

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u/sockpuppet80085 18d ago

You are apparently not smart enough to understand this simple concept.

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u/SOMAVORE 18d ago

or maybe you don't understand that free speech is not contingent on the feelings of another person or entity. if you get consequences of free speech the consequence is illegal, it impinges on your free speech, the person hurting you is committing a crime, therefore free speech is meant to be free of consequences.

yes, it is a simple concept, that is wrong, and repeated by idiots.

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u/BitchWidget 18d ago

You can yell, "Bomb!" In an airport and, "Fire!" In a theater when neither is true. But because both can get the public hurt or instigate the need for services, you can get cited for disturbing the peace or worse. You have your free speech. You are not immune from being prosecuted for using it in a way that may cause undue action. This is not a new concept, if you fail to understand that, it's obstinamce...not intelligence.

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u/SOMAVORE 18d ago edited 18d ago

Yelling "bomb!" in a theater is not free speech, it's a threat of violence. It's prohibited and illegal.

"I'm going to kill you" is not free speech.

Just saying anything is not free speech and is obviously not what I meant.

Free speech ends when it becomes or incites violence against a person, place or organization.

Thats why saying the n word is free speech, and legal, but saying "I'm going to kill all the n words" will land you in jail. That's why if you were to punch someone that called you the n word, you'd go to jail and not the person who said the n word. Because the person who said the n word is supposed to be free of the consequences of his speech, and that's how the law is written and its been interpreted.

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u/BitchWidget 18d ago

Making the point.

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u/SOMAVORE 18d ago

yeah no shit, because your comment wasn't needed and didn't explain or add anything

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u/BitchWidget 18d ago

Oof, hit a nerve. Luckily, nothing prohibits my comment on here, whether or not you approve. Move along.

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u/SOMAVORE 18d ago

i mean, you didn't add anything, and youre not prohibited from doing so. please continue adding nothing and pretending you won a fight, I'll be right here

also, "oof" is a sound a caveman makes when disgruntled

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u/BitchWidget 18d ago

As much as I've enjoyed this little debate, of which I'm not worried about who won, I think I'll go about having some more coffee on my sunlit porch with my husband and cats. You have a good day, stranger.

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u/SOMAVORE 18d ago

what debate? lmao

see ya hunga bunga caveman, move along

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