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

09.06.2025 12:52

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

Fraud

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.

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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Insurrection

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.

Threats of violence

Even Captain James T. Kirk was trapped in a woman's body. Don't you think he'd support trans people?

And much, much more.

Terroristic threats

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.

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Revealing classified information

Conspiracy

Revenge porn

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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.

HIPAA violations

Child pornography

What is your best forbidden sex story that felt so right?

False advertising

Insider trading

Trade secrets

How did the trans issue metastasize within just a decade from being a question of kindness and tolerance to a tiny minority to convulsing a whole society?

No freedom is absolute.

Perjury