Wats0ns@sh.itjust.works to Malicious Compliance@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTrans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rulesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageTrans men enter Miss Italy contest to protest anti-trans ‘women from birth’ rulesh.itjust.worksWats0ns@sh.itjust.works to Malicious Compliance@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregunnm@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 years agoI disagree, free speech means the right to express any opinions and ideas without censorship or restraint even if you find them offensive. You said you will remove any comment that is transphobic and ban if “you make an egregiously off colour comment”. That is not free speech, and it’s ok. Your instance, your rules.
minus-squareCaptain_Waffles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoFree speech is about the government not being able to restrict your speech. Guess what? Lemmy isn’t the government.
minus-squareMediocre_Bard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoCensorship and restraint from the government. This isn’t that, so the consequences are not covered.
I disagree, free speech means the right to express any opinions and ideas without censorship or restraint even if you find them offensive.
You said you will remove any comment that is transphobic and ban if “you make an egregiously off colour comment”.
That is not free speech, and it’s ok. Your instance, your rules.
Free speech is about the government not being able to restrict your speech. Guess what? Lemmy isn’t the government.
Censorship and restraint from the government. This isn’t that, so the consequences are not covered.