It IS about being able to say whatever you want. That strongly implies a lack of consequence FOR speaking
The left is all about rejecting obvious premises though. It used to be understood that a CULTURE of free speech was necessary in America, but they're all fine with de facto speech regulation since the government isn't doing the enforcement.
And ideological libertarians (intelligent morons) played into their hands for years. Someone tell me if the husband of a doctor saw the light or if he's still judging censorship on a case-by-case basis like a judge at the Olympics.
Failure to gatekeep. We fell to the bad faith behavior of the left because we didn't gatekeep them. Live and let live only works if everyone involved abides by it. The key point of that is if you fail to enforce it, you're just giving the enemy free reign.
The Left were the ones that claimed they were the live and let live types, that it was the evil conservatives and religious people oppressing our freedoms.
Now that they got into power, suddenly it's, "live as I demand you live and act and speak as I see correct or you will be punished through various exojudicial (if not actual judicial) bodies."
Ultimately it is the government doing the enforcement. Anyone who pretends that Google, Facebook, Twitter are just independently deciding what to do is an obvious liar / shill.
The left is all about rejecting obvious premises though. It used to be understood that a CULTURE of free speech was necessary in America, but they're all fine with de facto speech regulation since the government isn't doing the enforcement.
And ideological libertarians (intelligent morons) played into their hands for years. Someone tell me if the husband of a doctor saw the light or if he's still judging censorship on a case-by-case basis like a judge at the Olympics.
Failure to gatekeep. We fell to the bad faith behavior of the left because we didn't gatekeep them. Live and let live only works if everyone involved abides by it. The key point of that is if you fail to enforce it, you're just giving the enemy free reign.
The Left were the ones that claimed they were the live and let live types, that it was the evil conservatives and religious people oppressing our freedoms.
Now that they got into power, suddenly it's, "live as I demand you live and act and speak as I see correct or you will be punished through various exojudicial (if not actual judicial) bodies."
Ultimately it is the government doing the enforcement. Anyone who pretends that Google, Facebook, Twitter are just independently deciding what to do is an obvious liar / shill.