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minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoBut people act violently without it, I don’t think the rhetoric is a necessary precursor. Furthermore, practicality is not what defines freedom of speech.
minus-squareAli@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoSure people act violently, it’s in our nature, but when a “revered” figure calls for violence, it’s more than likely many more people will act on it.
But people act violently without it, I don’t think the rhetoric is a necessary precursor. Furthermore, practicality is not what defines freedom of speech.
Sure people act violently, it’s in our nature, but when a “revered” figure calls for violence, it’s more than likely many more people will act on it.