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  • #46
    Originally posted by Psychic Missile View Post
    I agree. There is a cost/benefits analysis going on. Free speech is worth having even though it will result in people saying bad things. The pluses don't outweigh the minuses for every legality argument.
    It's not just a cost-benefit thing. People can and do argue for free speech on moral grounds: that it is unjust to use force against the person saying bad things. And that there are other (nonviolent) ways to push back against a person saying bad things (e.g., using your equal free speech to denounce him for saying those things, boycott, social ostracism).

    Net neutrality and freedom of religion/separation of church and state are the first things to come to mind.
    Net neutrality laws seem more like a positive rights thing. What "positive right" is it arguing against?
    Also what is an example of a "positive right" regarding church and state that the left has to argue against in practice?

    Most people would say that negative rights should not be absolute. If they are, they begin to violate each other. If it's okay to shrink their dominion for the public good, then it would help if objectors point out where the line is before complaining that it's been crossed.
    Properly defined, negative rights do not violate each other.

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