05-18-2018, 12:00 AM
Side note: nothing like this could ever happen in places like Korea. They would just lock you up and throw away the key. The luxury of living in a free country. Freedom is so nice. I'm so grateful for those who protect us...sometimes from ourselves.
You would be surprised by how many people take advantage of that freedom. It's super sad to see people do things without really thinking them through. They step into dangerous zones, sometimes blindly! It's nice when people toss up caution signage to say: DANGER DANGER RETHINK YOUR NEXT STEP.
I mean, it would suck to accidently land oneself into a CMU due to ignorance. That should be an informed decision. People know things like murder are often illegal. But not many realize freedom of speech doesn't cover all areas of speech. Like, I can say Trump looks like an orange and sucks at running anything. Certain judgements are fine. Name calling is protected speech (thanks government!). Now, sharing classified info is a big no no (unless you're exempt). But what about the shades of gray? Can I talk about things that could potentially destabilize the nation? Prolly not protected speech. Can I talk about the Spy Who Dumped Me? Well. It's a fabulous new movie from the comedy genre, so yah, protected speech.
Freedom of speech really means protected speech. It applies to some things, not all things. Don't shoot oneself in the foot
Ignorant peep, "Thanks Pixie for all that great info! I almost landed myself in a very bad place. You're a life saver!"
Pixie, "You're welco. I may be annoying, but I got your back, dumbass."
You would be surprised by how many people take advantage of that freedom. It's super sad to see people do things without really thinking them through. They step into dangerous zones, sometimes blindly! It's nice when people toss up caution signage to say: DANGER DANGER RETHINK YOUR NEXT STEP.
I mean, it would suck to accidently land oneself into a CMU due to ignorance. That should be an informed decision. People know things like murder are often illegal. But not many realize freedom of speech doesn't cover all areas of speech. Like, I can say Trump looks like an orange and sucks at running anything. Certain judgements are fine. Name calling is protected speech (thanks government!). Now, sharing classified info is a big no no (unless you're exempt). But what about the shades of gray? Can I talk about things that could potentially destabilize the nation? Prolly not protected speech. Can I talk about the Spy Who Dumped Me? Well. It's a fabulous new movie from the comedy genre, so yah, protected speech.
Freedom of speech really means protected speech. It applies to some things, not all things. Don't shoot oneself in the foot
Ignorant peep, "Thanks Pixie for all that great info! I almost landed myself in a very bad place. You're a life saver!"
Pixie, "You're welco. I may be annoying, but I got your back, dumbass."