We are living in interesting (and scary times) where we’re no longer allowed to participate in “free speech” but only “safe speech”.
Follow me here. Howard Dean summarized it:
Howard Dean on Twitter
Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment. https://t.co/DOct3xcLoY
Over at Mastodon, they have incorporated this distinction between Free Speech and Safe Speech:
Safe speech = The priority is to make sure everyone feels included, welcome, and safe, and that they can share things about themselves without facing criticism or ridicule.
Free speech = With few limitations, every topic is on the table. Ideas (not people) can and should be interrogated, picked apart, and thoroughly understood, even if the process makes some people feel uncomfortable. This is typically used for white supremacy, words of white nationalism, and Nazis.
So they are turning Free Speech into something evil and blocking free speech.
This is the face of America to come.
And you really have to ask: who are the fascists here?
