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crickets

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28. Perhaps the NYT Editorial Board has a free speech problem.

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Fri Mar 18, 2022, 01:24 PM

Mar 2022

They need to go back and review what the Constitutional concept of free speech means.

https://xkcd.com/1357/ (worth clicking through to check the alt text)

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What? "the right to speak your mind and voice your opinion without fear of being shamed or shunned"? [View all] Towlie Mar 2022 OP

No, that right does not exist. Mariana Mar 2022 #1

+1 Ohio Joe Mar 2022 #2

Exactly, free from government action, not the criticism of others who are also speaking freely. CaptainTruth Mar 2022 #9

Well put treestar Mar 2022 #19

I would add without fear of dweath threats or the destruction/defacement of property DBoon Mar 2022 #21

Yes, and those things are very rightly considered crimes. Mariana Mar 2022 #27

Somewhere along the line people equated free speech with "free from consequences." SoonerPride Mar 2022 #3

I believe you've nailed it.. whathehell Mar 2022 #12

Your statement was all that needs to be said to end this "debate,". Boomerproud Mar 2022 #23

That POS op-ed was that last straw for me. Canceled my subscription. Nevilledog Mar 2022 #4

1837 - Elijah Parish Lovejoy gets killed by a mob for editorializing against slavery ck4829 Mar 2022 #5

That ship has sailed. harumph Mar 2022 #6

How did that bullshit get past the editors? Oh, they are the editors. spanone Mar 2022 #7

Definitely a view from the lofty heights of the NYT editorial board JHB Mar 2022 #8

"become a champion of unionization .." stopdiggin Mar 2022 #16

"Much as we might prefer it to be otherwise, Ferryboat Mar 2022 #10

Ugh. This from the Editiorial Board Opinion: blogslug Mar 2022 #11

We still have the right to shame and shun the NY Times. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #13

Shamed or shunned? peggysue2 Mar 2022 #14

But does this right exist? gristy Mar 2022 #15

the articles makes a clear acknowledgement stopdiggin Mar 2022 #18

As a gay man, I was "cancelled" for the entirety of my youth. Ain't going back. Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #17

That's purest BS, right up there w ordering teachers to never make their students "feel discomfort" Hekate Mar 2022 #20

No such right exists. Iggo Mar 2022 #22

How to tell me you don't understand free speech without telling me you don't understand free speech Silent3 Mar 2022 #24

Good catch - they are putting up a strawman that initially may sound "right", but it isn't karynnj Mar 2022 #25

Talk about cooking a poll to get the answers you want. Phoenix61 Mar 2022 #26

Perhaps the NYT Editorial Board has a free speech problem. crickets Mar 2022 #28

Racists and sexists can go fuck themselves. Initech Mar 2022 #29