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Supreme Court's ruling practically wipes out free speech for sex writing online

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693 points macawfish | 1 comments | 12 Jul 25 18:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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smallmancontrov ◴[12 Jul 25 18:51 UTC] No.44544139[source]▶
"Party of free speech," my ass.
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zeroonetwothree ◴[12 Jul 25 19:22 UTC] No.44544391[source]▶
Neither of the two parties is very much in favor of free speech. The left has cancel culture and policing pronouns while the right has blocking books with gay characters and age verification laws.
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1. BHSPitMonkey ◴[12 Jul 25 20:45 UTC] No.44545019[source]▶
There are two common definitions of the phrase "free speech" that I think you are conflating:

1. The Constitutional right to free speech under the first amendment (i.e. specifically that the government may not use its authority to limit or punish its peoples' expression of ideas)

2. The vague notion that others should not be able to criticize you for something you've said or written

In this thread we are more concerned with the former. No one on the left is trying to enact laws to punish anyone's impolite use of pronouns. At worst, maybe someone has asked you to be considerate in some non-official setting (which has little to do with the first amendment).