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

14.06.2025 10:16

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

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Terroristic threats

Threats of violence

Why do trans people get so deeply offended when a stranger misgenders them, especially when it's a first encounter? I've been socially transitioned for 4 years and it just feels like a waste of energy to be so hurt by it.

Child pornography

False advertising

HIPAA violations

People's mental health often improves after weight-loss surgery. A study pinpoints the real reason why. - Live Science

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.

Trade secrets

Conspiracy

How do you feel about the impending end of what Donald Trump calls "the Green New scam"?

No freedom is absolute.

Fraud

And much, much more.

What happens psychologically to a man the first time he gets penetrated anally?

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.

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.

Perjury

Why does Africa have all mineral resources but she is suffering economically?

Insider trading

Revealing classified information

Insurrection

Joe Biden is not the best president we had. That would be John F. Kennedy. How is voting for Donald Trump any worse than voting for Joe Biden?

Revenge porn

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.