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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 09:28

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

Terroristic threats

HIPAA violations

Insurrection

Why are liberals so bad at grasping alternative facts? For example, if something doesn’t happen the exact same way Trump described it, liberals dismiss it as false; while conservatives are able to fully understand the underlying principle.

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.

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.

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.

What do you think of Hegseth calling The Atlantic journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, "a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who has made a profession of peddling hoaxes” after team Trump texted him their top-secret war plans on Yemen?

Revealing classified information

Trade secrets

No freedom is absolute.

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Conspiracy

Revenge porn

False advertising

Is it possible for people who claim to be genuine and honest to actually not be? If so, why do they behave this way?

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.

And much, much more.

Threats of violence

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Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Fraud

Child pornography

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Insider trading

Perjury