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Reading an essay for my English class at CC:
>At the core of the argument that we should resist all government regulation of speech is the ideal that the best cure for bad speech is good, that ideas that affirm equality and the worth of all individuals will ultimately prevail. This is an empty ideal unless those of us who would fight racism are vigilant and unequivocal in that fight.

>think of 4chan.
>understand his point completely.

>> No.1128446 [DELETED] 

>>1128442
>think of 4chan

The issue is that m00t and whoever else runs this website hardly endorse anything we say. Freedom of speech is a very different matter when an individual is being defamed from an ivory tower in the form of television, newspapers, etc...

Defamation laws are there to protect us.

>> No.1128450

What are you talking about? 4chan never has and never will affirm equality and the worth of all individuals. 4chan is a world where every anon thinks he's better than every other person.

>> No.1128451

>>1128442
Agreed.

The same principle applies to libertarians who think it's acceptable for business to openly discriminate.

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1128461

>mfw the crime of libel

>> No.1128472

>>1128450
Obviously you don't understand the point.
What it's saying is that the ideal will not be fulfilled, and the sentiment will not be affirmed, unless people who endorsed it were forever on guard and constantly fighting for it.
4chan is a perfect example of this ideal going unfulfilled because it's simply too tiring to attempt to fight it. Bad speech wins out over good.

>> No.1128476

>>1128472

>anonymous internet forum
>a good model for public discourse

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1128491

>>1128476

Learn to fucking read. Why are you on a board about literature if you can't even read?

>> No.1128495

>>1128491

>4chan is a perfect example of this ideal going unfulfilled

>> No.1128500

annihilate reality by supplementing surreality

>> No.1128503

>>1128476

He is literally stating the opposite of what you're implying he's stating.

*Facepalm*

>> No.1128508

>>1128503

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_(abstract)

>> No.1128513

>>1128450

...That's sort of the point. You're so stupid it hurts.