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If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

12.06.2025 00:20

If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

Conspiracy

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Revenge porn

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That’s what it is. You have no right to use other people’s stuff. If people let you use their stuff, they can tell you how you can use it, and they can tell you to stop using it any time they want.

Insurrection

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Why are people with borderline personality disorder so capable of ripping someone apart with their words?

False advertising

Revealing classified information

Terroristic threats

Will you share your wife? Can she take both of us at the same time?

Threats of violence

Perjury

If you’re wondering why free speech doesn’t apply to the internet, it’s because you have no right to use other people’s stuff for free.

Should I have left it alone and kept quiet? I came out as gay to my adult kids last week. Age 61 married 15 years, divorced for 20. I feel so guilty for ruining their lives by living a lie.

You have freedom to travel. If I loan you my car, I can tell you not to take it out of town, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.

No freedom is absolute.

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You have freedom of speech. If I loan you my computer, I can tell you not to use it for certain things, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.