Why Is FREE SPEECH Important?

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A free society depends on exchanging new ideas, regardless of their potential capability of offending someone. Without the open exchange of ideas , our current understanding of the world would be unrecognizable and entirely false. Everything we know about the world- from the age of our civilization and species to the laws that govern energy and the complex workings of the body & brain - has come into being first by free speech, nurtured by the innovation of ideas, and curated into our collective knowledge if deemed worthwhile after withstanding the test of time.
Script written by Eli Samuel @ www.discoarse.com/ Eli's podcast ~ Discoarse ~ is available on anchor.fm/discoarse & podcast platforms everywhere
Song at the end: Step/Time by CharlestheFirst
Sources:
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www.independent.co.uk/student...
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www.youdontsay.org/BannedWords...

[@AfterSkool]

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” ― George Washington

[@bufunga]

After Skool refer to 2a

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

After Skool - I enjoyed and concur with most of your discourse. My question is off topic a bit, but I am curious about the ideas you may have about explicit threats and free speech. Are our current laws in such matters sufficient or do you favor any changes?

[@ZodiacMeteor]

Freedom of Speech is so the government cannot control what the people say. Some words should be banned, like screaming bomb at an airport. It's to protect the people from unnecessary discord or chaos, after all, while shopping for groceries, you don't want someone screaming "he's got a gun" making everyone panic and flee from no danger; to have no consequences. I'd like to live in a world where no one screams something dangerous as a joke, yet it has gotten so extreme that things like swatting exists. This creates the question, if words which is supposedly harmless, suddenly creates discord, should it get banned? Obviously, the answer should be no. If something like gay invokes a person into an outrage, the fault is the person, not the word. But, what if a lot of people get triggered by the word gay, is it still the persons fault? After all, it creates discord and we have rules set to prevent it. Even if we were to label banned words to be limited to words that express threat. Like you are only allowed to shout danger, if there is real danger. What would define that? If gay is a threat to who the person is, would that count? If human life and death is involved, then politically correct, crazy or insane would still be under the banned category. __________________________________________________________ I'm just being the devils advocate, the problem is not words, it's the people that judge them. People are stupid and they want to live in a world, they only know.

[@SvenKalinda1]

Usually I would agree with you but in the cases you used to defend censorship were cases of scientific advancements and upsetting religiones. Science and innovation nowadays is celebrated and encouraged more than ever. The political correctness movement is going a bit far and turning into censorship but the types of words being targeted aren't those that would ever hinder scientific advancements and innovation, it targets words that promote divide and prejudice towards or between one another. So I don't think this video has a very good argument.

[@ZodiacMeteor]

In what ways would it be considered promoting? In what ways would it it create social division? Is it not the persons want that does that, not the words? If that so, why are the words considered bad, instead of the person? Is deeming a person saying bigotry not enough? Would you consider it unreasonable for "banned" words to be used in discussions?

[@Mason58654]

He who sacrifices liberty for the sake of security deserves neither. - Benjamin Franklin

[@toobnoobify]

+Mason Buskirk That's a bit hyperbolic, this is not a first amendment issue. Colleges are private or semi-private institutions and they set the rules on campus. Having said that I think public funding (at least for liberal arts) should be withheld for colleges that suppress free speech on campus. It's not like these liberal arts activists were ever going to be useful members of society.

[@Mason58654]

Good suggestion.

[@trorisk]

Free speech for Assange and Snowden!!!

[@ItsabitToppey]

"..and will lose both"

[@sorrybro4890]

Liberty wont save u from hunger nor give u safety

[@hakeemabdul1680]

Censorship is just plain wrong. Freedom of speech is too important. If an idea is dumb let it be exposed. Dumb ideas don't usually fly to well once they're understood.

[@classydays43]

Ikr, like scientists were burned alive because their ideas were different and then we fought for centuries to stop that from happening, and now we have to deal with that shit all over again. Okay, maybe not the burning part, but we're getting there.

[@KevinS47]

Communism clearly did though, look at how the political spectrum is completely shifted to the extreme left nowadays.. but yeah, for the most part I agree with you, although saying that free speech is perfect is definitely wrong, problems don’t just solve themselves, but sometimes not solving them is better than trying to and introducing bigger problems (like slowly taking away free speech...)

[@noobyt3559]

which is why we should avoid communism and hate it because this is what communism wants to do

[@ganjaericco]

Well, how can the masses fall into techno-religions if they're not 'conveniently' forced into it?

[@slavenarkaimovski3897]

No matter what i write in coment section,i will allways get coment warnings.Its just not fair,becouse we don't know,which words we are banned to write.And we are not talking here about few rude words,but the exchange of real life experience and truth by youtube.I write my coments on youtube for 10 years,and in that time i never get coment warning.Their is something else happening here,and it feels more like catholic feudalism,rather than 'etical guidelines'.Just think about it,who we know don't like freedom of speach,personal liberties,and different way of lifestyle.And this coment warnings has started during Covid crisis,but their root goes back to 9/11 2000,with patriotic act.And i have experienced my first unpleasant coment warning in october of 2022,and this will go forever,unless we don't sing online petition against coment warnings on youtube.PS:Beside i can't live in fear of coment warnings,since i'm epileptitian,and i get panicked just by one coment warning.And i'm not joking,i have allmost get heart atack.

[@LiborTinka]

If someone's feelings are hurt because of a WORD, then it's the problem of the listener, not the speaker.

[@Aeroxima]

STOP YOU'RE HURTING ME

[@justaunpopulargirl8463]

You're very ugly

[@iamjustalonepandatryingtos5387]

Libor Tinka Hate Speech is wrong and one has every right to be offended. Though saying fuck for example and getting offended is just stupid. That word in no way supports discrimination.

[@isaaccarr2346]

dankpimp06 Where do you live? WTF, good luck.

[@Devay99]

@dankpimp06 in Indonesia there's a public figure who badmouthed an organization and was immediately put in jail for fucking 5 years. Meanwhile there was a head chief of anti corruption agency who got poured by a man with some chemical and damaged his eyes, the suspect was sentenced for 1 year only. WTF

[@ZodiacMeteor]

Ironic that this video can be demonetized from KZbin because it doesn't have "ad-friendly" content.

[@AfterSkool]

it was :/

[@hampusjohansson2497]

Navos KZbin is a private company and their only goal is to make money. They’re not shutting down free speech

[@ZodiacMeteor]

Is that really true? If KZbin don't play ads on videos, they don't make money. Content creators must adhere to the bots, or they don't make money. So content creators have to censor what they say or show, in order to eat or pay bills. KZbin is indirectly telling it's content creators what is allowed and what is not. It's like telling slaves they can leave anytime, they got the freedom to go! But if the slaves leave, they'll starve. It's very forceful, like an indirect law.

[@hampusjohansson2497]

Navos Don’t get me wrong. I don’t like what KZbin is doing, but we can’t go and say this is against free speech. It’s their website, they can do whatever they want. I do agree with your slave analogy though. But KZbin actually earn more money doing this. Not putting ads on videos that are harmful or offensive that is, but they are doing it on too many videos now that aren’t even harmful. The companies that put these ads here don’t want their ads on offensive videos because they don’t want to be associated with that. So if KZbin put their ads on there, they will just stop advertising on here. That will lead to KZbin earning less money.

[@ZodiacMeteor]

It makes perfect sense for companies not wanting to be involved with bad content, but KZbin censors are beyond terrible. They simply cannot distinguish good from bad, so, it's all bad until proven okay. HOWEVER it's still a terrible system, the good intent leads to a bad consequence. Censoring is still censoring, it's still controlling free speech despite the intentions being different. No excuse, it is, what it is doing. Looking the other way because the intent is good, is bad. For example, you were to build a dam to prevent yearly flooding, the flooding drastically limits activity of trade and creates building damage every spring. However, local fishing villages lost their rivers, thus losing income and work, not to mention permanently damaged the local ecosystem. You must be responsible, "wanting to do the right thing" is not an excuse for letting bad things happen. Sometimes you just have to suffer, for a long term, permanent, even pricey solution.

[@MasculineMan]

Yeah regardless of what you believe I think it's crucial to be open minded to other peoples opinions. When you are open to other peoples opinions, you will either change your point of view to the correct one, or your point of view will be strengthened. It is a win win Quality video mate, keep up the great work! Looking forward to working with you :)

[@md.nazmulkabir8040]

Sometimes you shouldn't change your pov for the better good.

[@Nickers19]

Better cna be subjective unless you agree on the criteria for BETTER. Also don't fall into the trap of thinking that just because you changed your mind or strengthened your own it means you are correct. We tend to affirm our beliefs even stronger when confronted

[@garyc5092]

I'm from the UK and envy your freedom and most of you want to throw it away "you can't offend you can only be offended" being offeneded is subjective. Wake up.

[@CarrotConsumer]

Source that most of us want to throw it away?

[@limjahey42]

It is a small percentage of Americans who’ve been brainwashed by their marxist professors trying to oust free speech. Any American who has actually read the constitution would proudly fight and die for it and what it stands for

[@mahirshahriyar545]

Jarod What Marxist professors? You guys are the ones who lose their shit when someone tries to criticize Israel. Look at Ilhan Omar.

[@familyfirst3081]

Thanks for your support on our freedoms

[@Mega6501]

Family First Americans think they have free speech haha! That’s cute they can say whatever they want but US government doesn’t give a shit about them! American citizens are like mice that squeak behind the walls for gayness and transsexuals but don’t dare to get under foot of their government.

[@mansory7996]

@@Mega6501 US is they only country where the government is afraid of the citizens, because of the 2 amendment (you know the guns we have). We have the guns to destroy the gov it if tries to do something to us. So we are they only nation of true freedom.

[@Mega6501]

Anonymo US Gun laws are a targeted right now it might not last for to long unless people take a legitimate stand.

[@Bastogne1944]

The second you limit others right to free speech is the second you limit your own.

[@user-es6bn1we5z]

so what

[@erikfiala]

Well said. Also one of the reasons why I'm working on a side project - Everchat (everch.at)

[@nunyabisnass1141]

@@user-es6bn1we5z what does that mean?

[@alessiohoetzer8777]

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[@SlyJak2]

I bursted out laughing when male and female appeared in the banned words list. xD I know this is a huge problem, but it's so ridiculous! What are colleges gonna ban next? snow? milk?

[@HardCoreTea]

It's not huge problem, it's a made up one.

[@halasimov1362]

Alex DemiHuman It IS a huge problem! Social media and information platforms are silencing independent journalism and free thinking. They brag about it it is very real

[@halasimov1362]

Alex DemiHuman The issue on college campuses is indeed greatly exaggerated though I will agree.

[@serpentzachary1340]

I am going to say this but there are 2 [removed by KZbin]

[@monad_tcp]

We should actually ban colleges, wait, the tuition fees becoming that high will do it. Why do we need closed private colleges ? close them all. If there's one thing that should be public access is college. (Ironically the communists there never talk about this, wonder why....)

[@Energysunn2215]

They are getting rid of more and more words every year. Sounds a bit like newspeak to me🤔

[@seffentine5679]

Orwell predicted this would happen

[@williambishop879]

"Freedom only has its worth when you are also free to make mistakes"

[@gunillatait4614]

I like that, very good! 👍👍👍

[@jlswlf7408]

Thanks for giving your sources!! I'm working on an attechement rn so really need those

[@serpentzachary1340]

True free speech will never be achieved as long as we live in a society.

[@indeswma4904]

This video is even more accurate 3 years later...

[@animeacore9055]

Its aging extremly well even to day

[@Helghast_fighter]

Yes 5 year after it real

[@jhunt5578]

The Australian runner who stood on the podium with the civil rights activists supported them, he wore a pin in unity with them and they wore his black leather gloves, that's why they had opposite fists hoisted in the air. You've animated him as if he's against their free speech when nothing could be further from the truth, he was even banned from competing for Australia afterwards and refused to apologise. He couldn't even get a job as a gym teacher and when they made a statue of the podium, the sculptor asked if he could use his likeness, he said to leave the space empty so others can stand with them in solidarity. His name was Peter Norman and he was a hero.

[@Klu-9]

Free speech is very important as we enable people to share information and ideas whether they are extroverted or introverted.. this essentially help people to express and understand and know the truth and boundaries and learn how we human can connect with one another around the world without direct face connection.. it’s mentally healthy to share than not.. which brings people out of the blocked bubble and come out and think outside of the box use of new vocabularies and learn expressionism .. it’s an incredible experience as a human being to do so ironically not all countries allowed,though even if it’s just a normal basic communication that eventually one get arrested which is sad

[@halasimov1362]

We Do Not Tolerate Intolerance HERE!

[@kilerman6969]

nice one

[@PatrykKarter]

"Facts don't care about your feelings" - Ben Shapiro

[@PatrykKarter]

ᖇOSS Tᕼᕮ Sᗩᑌᑕᕮ ᗷOSS Yeah I agree, I prefer Steven Pinker and Sam Harris :)

[@Frank1e.b0i]

Funny thing is, right wing people who are usually the ones that use that quote, do not know a single thing about scientific facts, or get half things wrong or misundestood.

[@PatrykKarter]

Frankie A I agree, that's why 90% of people ignore scientific facts and continue to eat meat despite it being unhealthy, damaging for the environment and unethical. I can provide you facts for all three.

[@rossthesauceboss]

Patryk Karter Yeah but meat tastes good

[@PatrykKarter]

ᖇOSS Tᕼᕮ Sᗩᑌᑕᕮ ᗷOSS "Yeah but rape feels good." Doesn't make it ethical does it?

[@victorantonio9819]

'The war on consciousness' is a Ted talk from Graham Hancock that was banned but then reposted because of popular demand. He made a point and that offended materialist.

[@MustafaKulle]

Free Count Dankula.

[@TheTemp]

FCD!

[@Creepzza]

I can't wait to finish this video so I can share it

[@lolman533]

I hope that this video won't be delete4d for 1:45...

[@Omar_ayach]

nah

[@Onionbagel]

the youtube bots are going nuts right now

[@TheTemp]

It won't. That's just part of free speech. :)

[@erikfiala]

One of the reasons why I and my friend are making Everchat (everch.at) :)

[@regularfather4708]

Just used this to help some kids on discord who were upset by a racist post. They took the advice and with some help from dad, they countered a bad idea with good ones.

[@nilpointfive]

“Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words are violence and you should burn at the stake if I don’t like them.” -The morally superior politically correct

[@monad_tcp]

This is a Witch Hunt, and they are hunting critical thinkers this time.

[@jonasibiza6416]

THANK YOU!

[@Gomez1915]

This popped up on my recommended today after Parler was banned completely

[@KeertikaAndFallenTree]

I really like what you do in this channel. Sometimes it feels like so many things are wrong in our humanity and it's a relief to see other people feel the same way and tell us to fight for making things right, despite the pressure our surroundings want to apply to us. Thanks for that.

[@AfterSkool]

Thank you so much!

[@KeertikaAndFallenTree]

You are welcome! You can't imagine how good I feel when I watch your videos, they comfort me and in a way tell me to do my part. I hope my voice will reach as many people as you one day, and as much as yours reached me.

[@tusharg8452]

This is the beginning of a very important conversation everyone needs to have. Urgently.

[@therealniqqatron]

This video: *exists* China: wait that's illegal.

[@lawrebel889]

And Russia

[@spookson5679]

The problem with censorship is that it takes away people's reasons to not use violence, and it can be used by the opposing side to justify violence and paint themselves as the victim, making it easier for the opposing side to recruit people, many germans became nazis out of fear of being assaulted

[@AM-gm5jg]

And the whole world is heading that way and we deserve it for allowing ourselves to grow soft

[@MojGradBrcko]

I love your work.

[@AfterSkool]

Thank you!

[@ancientfinn3738]

Freedom of speech can not limited without being lost. If we lose the freedom of speech , we will lose other freedoms too.

[@ogre589]

You people get it. I hate where our colleges have gone in the past 10 years and its the biggest reason I don't want to go to college to get a degree. This is even more worse for me as more and more jobs are requiring me to go to college and get a degree just to get a basic job so I can survive.

[@CarrotConsumer]

Go to college and realize it isn't that bad.

[@ogre589]

a place where saying anything that could be construed as offensive can get you kicked out and getting on a college woman's bad side will ruin your life. yeah sure lets go with that.

[@bangalangelist6895]

Wow This video is awesome. Another one like this would be Great about the book Nonviolent Communication!

[@alan_whoneedstiedye]

When religions and politics dictate what's acceptable to say, we lose our basic rights.

[@kyledawson4535]

Freedom of speech can only be protected with freedom to bare arms against oppressors if necessary. But also debate and open discussion is important for the future to become better.

[@user-nk3kd3hf6p]

Thank you for being honest and adressing this issue as the problem it is, it seems like often people dont want us to talk about it. Victim mentality will ruin civilization as we know it if we dont teach coming generations to be functional and strong adults

[@anayahhyde195]

Word

[@iamgort70]

"I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" _ Voltaire.

[@carbono12videos]

While I disagree with the core point of the video, I give you kudos for the polite and balanced presentation of this points. May we continue the discussion with mutual respect. Thanks!

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

What do you disagree with? Free speech?

[@Daniel-hr5qj]

Somebody needs to tell the ADL about how important free speech is since this group is working hard to silence many who don't agree with them.

[@AllyFin]

Nicolaus Copernicus wasn't the one who discovered that the earth revolves around the sun, someone way before that was the ancient Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos and that was 18 centuries before in the third century B.C.E. However, even earlier speculation of this dates back to the 9th century B.C.E when the Indian philosopher Yajnavalkya(who was part of a Vedic Tradition which used mathematics and geometry in some religious rituals) wrote in a sacred Hindu text: “The sun strings these worlds - the earth, the planets, the atmosphere - to himself on a thread.” This is one of the first recorded references to heliocentrism.

[@houdini8894]

Awesome Video

[@kernalfleak]

what u might think is objectivity is often times just a collective subjectivity (an intersubjectivity). a collective of subjects who share the same subjective opinion. it seems as concrete as objectivity but it is still flexible. being part of the subjective collective can provide you with benefits and it would be in your best interest to maintain that collective and make seem as concrete as possible.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

That's why we need free speech to learn and get to the truth more.

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

Well said..... My position exactly!

[@alexandersolzhenitsyn5186]

God bless you for making this video

[@jakevarga1379]

Thank you for this video more people need to know how close we are to losing free speech

[@yosombamamma6266]

Why did it sound like Cardi B giggling at 0:54

[@mannysalcedo3114]

Thank you for sharing your freedom speech

[@basicnoob3832]

Imagine if he made this video and then just diabled the comments

[@maryanne2025]

Ha

[@cherubin7th]

The book of Copernicus was dedicated to a pope and he got a promotion after that. People criticized it because it contradicted observation (he used cycles, but this was wrong Kepler solved it very later with ellipsis).

[@jackfrosst1257]

I still wanna know exactly what can I get away with only using freedom of expression

[@cornellwaters9089]

🐴 Thank You!

[@gunillatait4614]

How crazy this world is, I read the book 1984 while I lived in Sweden that exact year!! George Orwell was a little too early but now 39 yrs later one can easy see we're heading that way, which makes me sad! To have Big Brother control everything is not my kind of life...forbidden to read books, not allowed to have faith, not allowed to show feelings or look anyone in their eyes. Then what have we become? Most of us hopefully will be shifted on to the next level of existence 5d before Antichrist is in charge and One World Government . Even tho it goes fast now, they talk about 2030! Pray and follow your life Path number to know what you are here to do in this life and become spiritual with faith, that's what we are here to learn, who we are 🙏💞 God Loves Us ALL!

[@AirElegant]

This video is so helpful to humanity☺

[@dinosaurhub3361]

Or is that just what the alien lizard cyborgs want you to think

[@felix3033]

Dinosaur Hub hmmm maybe , what’s your thoughts on everything going on right now ?!

[@serpentzachary1340]

Free speech is the only way that idea spread around but true free speech will never exist as long as we live in a society.

[@banjoumali6553]

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[@rorysmith9382]

We need freedom of speech,. but it needs to be balanced. There are some things that should be banned, such as hate speech, racism, bullying, sexism, incitement to violence. There also needs to be restrictions for national security, privacy and protecting people against slander. It is about finding the right balance between freedom of expression and preventing bullying, and threats to national security.

[@lisahoffman8843]

Last night someone had written an article online about how they weren't a rape culture, after years of me trying to talk about my abuses I've suffered on-line and with others with no acknowledgement or help. Yes they are, and let's establish who the 'they' are since everyone always asks. 'They' are the WASP's who raised children and manipulated their minds that weren't their own, and other disgusting non human things they are hand in hand with. They have horrible eyes, very cold eyes, and they are loveless, but are good at pretending they can be in the public eye. 'They' are about rules, manners, education and conformity, whereas real people are about love and equality and warmth and happiness. 'They' care about materialistic wealth, control, power, property, and are competitive and regimented. People like to have fun and share and enjoy each other's talents. People believe in freedom and free will and free speech, and they don't. 'They' enslave people, blind us, and sexually molested and abused us. 'They' are evil and 'they' refuse to acknowledge, or accept responsibility or allow victims to have a voice and seek true justice. 'They' not only sexualized children, they also made children molest each other. The rape of my life continued into my adulthood, and the last time I was violated I was terrorized, thrown to the streets and quickly realized the police were not going to help. They have done very disgusting things to my body, and I have the proof inside me, but I can't find a doctor human enough to acknowledge or help. 'They' ARE a rape culture, they are perverse and they are cowards who refuse to acknowledge what they are. I could write a list of assaults and abuses done against me by 'them' but there are less and less real people who care, and more of them who don't and prefer to deny or discredit victims. There are shameless idiots on the internet, on KZbin and even on the news who are making up false claims and sensationalizing abuse they claim to have suffered, which is a slap in the face to real victims whom they refuse to give truth or justice, and have been isolated, terrorized and made to look insane or accused of false crimes. When 'they' say they're not a rape culture, I am convinced they have no ability to be honest, and they are deviants who have no morals, no shame and no integrity. In fact, I think they can't exist without raping or abusing someone or something in their lives, including life itself. They don't acknowledge the rape of people, they don't acknowledge the rape of children and they still haven't acknowledged the rape of nature and this planet. The very fact they deny us a public voice or justice is proof of how 'they' are nothing BUT a rape society and culture.

[@jdarrrr]

It's so ironic that the most censored places in the U.S. are Universities.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

That's why people should learn to not blindly trust things or be dependent so much. Like assuming colleges and schools are places of the most free speech or foster learning the most.

[@mistermeatcake1785]

thank you for making this

[@piglin469]

To be honest free speech is where the risk out way the reward

[@DrumWild]

FREE COUNT DANKULA!

[@alphqbet_soup9234]

I looked up this exact key word to see if I can find one that has comments diabled

[@therealniqqatron]

Finally i get to say what i was thinking about when the comments of this video was disabled Me: *sees title* Comments: *disabled* Also me: hold on this whole operation was your idea

[@zaikeruto1203]

Imagine if they disabled comments for this video

[@johndukes3079]

If we want to create welcoming, inclusive communities, we should be doing everything we can to turn down the tribalism and turn up the sense of common humanity. - Greg Lukianoff, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

[@zackpayne42]

I’m confused by the quizzical look (3:34) drawn onto the guy on the second place level. If you know the story behind that picture, he’s the one who gave the black gloves to Tommie Smith and John Carlos for them to raise their fists.

[@jacobzaranyika9334]

We can't deny or silence the truth and facts just because they happen to be inconvenient and expose who we really are. There would be no science, industrialization and medicine absent of freedom of expression and exchange of ideas.

[@sablelion]

Hey, what's that tune at the very end?

[@AfterSkool]

CharlestheFirst - Step/Time

[@sablelion]

Thanks! Appreciate it a lot

[@magnvss]

I thought I understood free speech because I applied the more appealing notion that sells it better by imagining oneself being able to say something without being censored (or repressed, forbidden etc.) until I read the less appealing but more realistic and effective quote of Robert J. Samuelson: “Free speech is not speech you agree with, uttered by someone you admire. It's speech that you find stupid, selfish, dangerous, uninformed or threatening, spoken and sponsored by someone you despise, fear or ridicule. Free speech is unpopular, contentious and sometimes ugly. It reflects a tolerance for differences. If everyone agreed on all things, we wouldn't need it.” Then when I think of REAL free speech I don’t imagine a kind of hero trying to say something that I agree with that helps confirm my own ideas, I imagine someone trying to express something that I DO NOT agree with and I don’t like, trying to express something that I think I know it is not true who tries to induce it onto others. In that way I can REALLY know if I am really being in favor of free speech or I fall for the false alternative (“you have only the right to say what we already think it is true and moral/ethical”). Of course that as long as it doesn’t call for the physical harm of others (that is in tune with the same humanistic values that hold the real free speech).

[@bobwoods5017]

Fuck 'm, move to New York city and see if last a day. We hired a kid fresh off his parents farm, home schooled and raised in a great Mormon family. Nicest people you never met. It wasn't an hour That he was very troubled by the customers foul language.... Three weeks later he had adjusted to life in the big city.

[@liamcolvin5875]

99% of colleges and universities don't ban words...

[@CarrotConsumer]

But muh liberal elite turning the frickin' kids gay!

[@solecustoms]

Liam Colvin Yes, Only a few colleges have gone so far as to ban words, but I know almost all colleges have put out speech guides and words they call "problematic". My friend was kicked out of class for using one of these "problematic" words.

[@liamcolvin5875]

Markus Woods well he applied to the wrong school

[@guilhermepessoa3594]

But muh feelings!

[@tomv4634]

TRIGGERED

[@johnl.7754]

So is backstreet or craigslist personals section covered under free speech?

[@brunor.1127]

What did that dog at the end smoke?

[@TheTemp]

Squarespace.

[@BobaFett-lc7jh]

Last year, 400 people were arrested in Russia for the words they said on social networks. How many people do you think were arrested in the UK for making statements on social networks last year? 3300. One example is a young 19-year-old woman from Liverpool - Chelsea Russell. Her friend died in a car accident and she posted the lyrics to his favorite song on Instagram. It was a rap and the words "nigga" were in the song. She was arrested, convicted, found guilty and sentenced to 500 hours of community service and a fine. in Ukraine, according to the office of the Prosecutor General, more than 24,000 people were arrested for words last year.

[@bestwitch2931]

Is it possible that taking away free speech actually makes differences and hostility worse? When presented with threat of censorship and the possibility of censoring do we not begin to feel that we have have a right and duty to censor other people because of the possibility to do so has made us afraid? And do not views become more extreme the more you surpress and hate them?

[@savedbygrace2397]

If we stopped gifting colleges with vast amounts of hard earned tax dollars, they wouldn’t have the luxury of wasting money on oppressive ‘studies ‘ courses. So ending grants and government guaranteed student loans is step 1.

[@Hondeer]

If you're offended it means you should listen. You might learn something.

[@haydo3537]

Imagine if the comments were disabled

[@lierofjeld5051]

Because it's impossible to think without it.

[@alexrios4064]

Politically volatile, however remains a basic human right. Certain groups don't even want to hear : LAW ABIDING PEOPLE ARE RESPECTED AND OUT OF JAIL. THATS CALLED ENFORCEMENT , THE CORE OF ORDER IN AN ORGANIZED SOCIETY.

[@kyledawson4535]

Thankyou for fighting for our freedom.

[@imoyabrax450]

bad ideas aren’t defeated by good ideas. All the ideas that were drawn are still up.

[@user-gu9yq5sj7c]

Then what do you want? Censorship? Good vs evil is a constant fight, and we have to keep going. Spreading good ideas did have some victories. If not, then why do it? You try to do that by commenting on yt. If it means nothing why do you comment? Why do some people think bad ideas are influential but good ideas are not just as much?

[@robinmcunknown1025]

Sweeping for exercise

[@pocketvelero]

Catholics didn't oppose Copernicus, it was Protestants after the Reformation. Commonly misunderstood piece of history, same with the trial of Galileo.

[@pocketvelero]

Crevetta _Copernicus_ Ohio State www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/~pogge/Ast161/Unit3/response.html CS Monitor www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2013/0219/Copernicus-and-the-Church-What-the-history-books-don-t-say Polish Astronomer J. G. HAGEN, Catholic.com www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/nicolaus-copernicus _Galileo_ Today I Found Out (Sources in Description) kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZWcgJ56gclgn9k

[@zadymek01]

1. Copernicus didn't "discover" the Earth revolving around the Sun - this idea was much, much older, and actually his calculations that suppose to back up this claim were flaved in the first place. 2. He, personally, met with fierce resistence from evangelicans (Martin Luther, anyone?) in the first place, not the catholics. It is a quite a time after the publication that his book "De revolutionibus..." was banned (ti placed placed on the Index of Forbidden Books) by Vatican authorities, under different leader, "political climate" aso.

[@jlconver]

It is not Free Speech what hurts some individuals, whats hurts is the lack of capacity of dealing with truth. Finding out your world was a lie you created to feel and live in confort must mot be nice. But it is not the speakers responsability, it is your responsability.

[@sylfix2680]

I'm 17 and I constantly try too piss people off

[@klachingmacgaming8400]

i cant even say whats in my mind wothout getting slaped on the face

[@xChimkin]

take notes UK

[@importantname]

offended is just a feeling; if feelings are hurt is it a crime?

[@steakfilly5199]

1:10 instead of “where are you from” just use something like “whence dost thou hail”. People who will punish you for not following the rules probably won’t understand you

[@sicktoaster]

This is a real issue. Polls show lower support of and lower awareness of the right to free speech than previous generations. This is a worrying concern. But, there was really a college campus that banned the words "male" and "female"? Sources please? I don't doubt that some fringe SJW types might object to the words you listed but I just can't bring myself to believe that a college somewhere has actually banned any of these words. I could imagine a college officially publishing opinions on how those words should be used or how people should be careful about how they use them and probably going far overboard with political correctness in that regard, but actually banning any of those words is hard to believe. If true, then I would like to know about it, which is why I am asking for sources. To people saying they are problematic, seriously? The only thing I find a little bit problematic (though "just a little annoying" is really a better phrase for how I feel about this) is the use of the word "gay" to mean "uncool" or "stupid", but even then I recognize that the people using the word that way don't mean it as an insinuation that there is anything wrong with being a homosexual. I do find the choice of the word annoying, partly because I'm gay, but there are bigger issues to focus on rather than wasting energy persuading people to stop using a word a certain way. I rather persuade people to support efforts to end climate change, or persuade people to oppose the wasteful and environmentally harmful border wall. And yes, I understand that speaking out about how this or that word is problematic is not in and of itself anti-free speech. You may be completely against any governmental action against the word usage. Still, it's a waste of your time and a waste of political capital to focus on policing language. People hate having their language policed. Take grammar nazis for example. Do you feel more like listening to or siding with someone who just corrected your grammar? Same thing with pushing political correctness. It's an emotional and not a logical response for sure, but people will actually become predisposed to oppose you on other things if you pester them about how they speak. If you want to win in persuading people on bigger political issues leave people's language alone. But there is one thing people preaching political correctness are right about. Language does have the capacity to influence other people. So apply that understanding to yourself and choose which words you think are the best words to get people to listen to you explain your opinions. Using language to police others' language will just influence people to oppose you. Ironcially you could say I'm doing that right now since I'm talking about how to best use language if you want to influence people politically, but this is just advice. Take it or leave it.

[@belindaelisa5618]

Billy Eduard Albert Meier (BEAM)

[@anonymoustopsecret5995]

Freedom of speech is an amazing thing. Everyone has the right to voice their opinions and speak their minds, as long as they are not meant to be offensive. If you don't like someone or something, it's okay. You are free to like who/whatever you want to like. However, there is a difference between voicing an opinion and insulting someone. No one has the right to insult another person just because of religion, race, looks, sexual orientation, personal views and preferences which are not meant to offend anyone etc. People should only be judged because of their personality.

[@dylansaus]

Freedom of thinking is better imo

[@domack8724]

I just came here to see if the comments on the vid were disabled