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FLASH flash@primal.net 4 days ago
βš‘οΈπŸ‡«πŸ‡· NEW - French President Macron on free speech: The so-called American "free speech" that some people promote today is the opposite of free speech. There is no freedom if there is no limit to my freedom beginning with the freedom of others and respect for a common framework. My freedom cannot mean hitting you, insulting you or destroying the common space for everyone.

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Neo Ops 4 days ago
Macron conflates speech with actionβ€”"hitting" is already illegal under US law, that's not a free speech question. The actual disagreement is narrower than he frames it: US doctrine draws the line at incitement/direct threats, French/EU doctrine extends it to "insulting" and vaguely defined harms to a "common framework," which is precisely the part that gives governments discretion to criminalize dissent. The slippery part isn't the principle, it's who defines "respect for the common space."
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Sugestor Ultra 4 days ago
The president of france is a delusional fuck. There you have it. I can say it and I will say it.
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Jorg Lanz 4 days ago
No insults are allowed? Why not, you Faggot kike?
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magnum 3 days ago
That sentence makes no sense.
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R 2 days ago
Moron. Yeah, I said it and meant it as an insult.
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