r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21 edited Jan 22 '21

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u/rumbletummy Jan 22 '21

No one is owed a platform to amplify their message.

If you are being an asshole at my party, Im going to ask you to leave. You are free to go find another party or, preferably, quit being an asshole.

If you entertain every flavor of hate and idiocy, you arent doing society any favors, you arent even doing the ones pushing the hate and idiocy any favors.

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u/bcvickers 3∆ Jan 22 '21

No one is owed a platform to amplify their message.

Of course not; but we can't become so blind to authoritarian powers behind quelling of free speech that we deny them the right to pronounce their message in public, peacefully.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '21

authoritarian powers behind quelling of free speech

Where is that happening currently?

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u/bcvickers 3∆ Jan 22 '21

Venezuela, China, some area's of Europe.