I just got banned from a spiritual store in Minneapolis Where they provide tarot readings because I dared tried to share my opinion on something that was contentious and was immediately shut down from expressing my point of view and it solved nothing. The store said I would be a better fit where other stores express the same views as me- which is freedom of speech. I’m calling out the tarot reader who have not evolved their thinking in 2022 where they have 20 years experience just reading not really expanding consciousness for themselves and society!
Depends on the topic. If someone says something that would derail something good, they should be silenced. Plus, freedom of speech also means freedom of actions. If you yell offensive things and you get beat up, too bad.
@Based Adonis Lol like that will work. You're not listening to reason. People won't care about the law. I'm pretty sure it's gonna be difficult to call the police when you are dead for saying something offensive. Now go out and insult someone and see what happens.
@Cherished Cat Lover free speech isn’t going away at all. Actually it’s the exact same way as it was in the 50s and 60s. Our cultural values just changed. Plus we have the internet now and we all know that the first amendment obviously doesn’t exist there because it’s not a government operated network. What I wanted to say was on the tip of my tongue, but basically RUclips and other social media platforms are allowed to censor content they disagree with because they’re not government owned. That goes both ways and a right wing website can censor someone who is liberal. I’m just explaining my understanding of the United States law and how it relates to this. I might be wrong though.
Have you people never had bad interactions with others, I dont get it, human beings are not entirely moral creatures, anger is a very normal human emotion, and with it comes offensive words and language, the fact that we think stifling the darker parts of the human psyche is the solution or morally correct, is asinine. People who talk like this sound like born again christians trying to police the world, sanctimonious pricks, the lot of you.
Can you have free speech without the right to offend? Seriously, you can't say anything to 100 random people without offending at least some of them. Not anything important anyway.
It depends on your approach and what exactly it is you have to say. Questioning something is not wrong but it should based on logic and wanting to understand something with an open mind. Of course, people who ask and question should also be open to admitting when wrong when pointed out. That’s the point of two way dialogue. It should never be about silencing others just because we don’t feel comfortable about what they’re saying. Now if the person expressing their opinion is totally unreasonable about defending their prejudices even when it’s been proven time and again that they have unfair ways thinking but they still insist on saying mean things or worse- hate speech…then that’s another story. But in general, people should be allowed to voice their opinions or ask about things. they should also be allowed to watch what they want and read what they want and look at whatever they want on the internet…it’s their life and it’s not for others to control. No one should try to own anyone.
The reason why "protest songs" no longer get an audience is that they are preaching to the choir. If your song doesn't offend anyone, then you are not making a protest, you are merely singing the virtues of the status quo.
@@zenzo4815 I'm assuming you're asking: Are you deliberately offending people with the speech you use or is it happening incidentally? My answer is simple: does it matter? If I were to engage in discussion over a political hot potato like (for example) trans rights, there is precisely ZERO chance of me offending nobody in that debate, and I know that going into it. So my choices are either that I refuse to get involved with an important issue of the day 'less I offend someone or I enter into it with the full knowledge that I will be offensive. Now that's a personal decision for me to make, but I should absolutely have the right to choose the latter option and BE offensive.
@@richardparke4105 I'm not saying u shd not offend anyone, there will be always sm ppl who will get offended with wht ever u say And fr ur example it depends on trans wht topic ur talking with and wht solution ur proposing 👀
Your family sounds really abusive. And pretty authoritarian. It's very simple everybody should carry a weapon, you have the right to say whatever you want if somebody puts their hands on you or takes away your autonomy you have the right to delete them from the planet
That is a huge issue now, many people only believe in freedom of speech, if it means, "I am free to speak, and no one is allowed to disagree with me, or they are violating like Freedom," that is why they are so mad about losing control of Twitter. They like being able to ban anyone who disagrees with them
Should you have to defend yourself from physical assault just for the words you used? Isn't there a point when a person's forceful reaction is not justified and is in fact criminal?
At first, I thought this would be a student criticizing free speech. Thankfully, I'm happy to have been proven wrong. We need more enlightened youth like you
Yes, offending is OK. Freedom of speech only becomes very important when we do offend. When we are in total agreement, freedom of speech is not necessary.
The main thing is what people consider offensive today. If something very normal makes you offended, then the problem is with you, not with the person who is supposedly 'offending' you.
That's your particular take on this.. if somebody has the freedom of speech as long as they're not making a call to action to take away somebody else's autonomy or to commit a crime, your flavor of how they use their freedom of speech does not matter and they get to wield it in any way they see fit. It's very simple if you don't like the way that somebody else behaves or the way that they think you can easily walk away and not associate yourself with them. You don't have to get offended by staying around them and listening to them. You have your own autonomy just walk away from them and don't associate it's really easy.
Yes it does because freedom of speech is universal, it applies to everyone equally. The problem with freedom from offense is that it's not measurable or even definable in any useful way that doesn't positively disadvantage all parties involved. Our legal systems are based on intent, intent matters and we're able to scale punishments according to intent. Offense is personal and unscalable. I know someone recently who had a run in with a client of his over an unpaid bill, things got a bit heated, the client hit him, he retaliated and in the process called him a f++++t. The police got involved, the client walked away with a warning, the guy I know got a criminal record for hate speech. This is the backward culture we're living in all as a consequence of creating protected groups with undefinable offense at its heart.
I think in your example the intent of the word was to offend. Even though things got heated the person said something that was with the intent to hurt this persons feelings. In forming an opinion about someone/things you don’t have to like someone and you can voice that opinion but it should not be the intent to offend a person based on his beliefs and personal opinions. (In your case I probably would’ve got the police involved before it got heated but that’s just speculation and i don’t know the details so it could be different)
Freedom of Expression doesn't need to be in sync with not offending someone. People will always find reasons to be offended by something. But that does not mean that we should misuse this power. You can keep your points respectfully and without unnecessarily attacking someone. There are people who misuse this ability on Internet being rude and offensive, for instance labelling somebody as a 5yr old etc and passing judgement about a person you've never even seen.
What I think you're saying is that people SHOULD be civil. I agree with that. Even though I believe people should be civil, we cannot force civility through regulation. Because someone will inevitably choose for the rest of us what "civility" means, and force it through the power of the state.
@@TheTaysoren Agreed. Fair use of this right should not come by force. Also fair use can be subjective. What I meant was that "freedom of expression is no excuse for rude behaviour and neither is feeling offended to that of Freedom of Expression".
If offended, you turn around and leave. You don't prosecute or silence people. You can not control other actions. You can only control your own actions.
@Johnny Jacobs well... you can’t leave people going around telling false information or something that u consider rude, in a way it’s like you’re telling them they are right but they aren’t
A bit late to the party but I think we have the right to offend someone. It is what drives conversation and having a different opinion is completely natural. The problem is more that people voice these opinions in ways that are uncivilised and refuse to listen to other opinions. Like for instance: My neighbour. He is a friendly man who has a kind heart. He drives a nice car and likes to drive really fast through the neighbourhood. In my opinion that is dangerous for him and his surroundings because he could hit somebody. I voice my opinion and he gets offended by that. But instead of voicing his opinion on why drives fast and giving arguments on why he does that he starts to say things that have the intend to offend me. The difference is not in allowing different opinions that may offend someone but it’s the things that are said with the intent to offend someone. Like curse words, yes they can’t physically hurt someone but they can mentally. If you have a different opinion voice it but do it in a way that respects the person that is on the other end of the conversation. Should there be laws that punish people for saying curse words? In my opinion there shouldn’t because everybody can be civil in voicing their opinions. But it is good that there are some because not everyone is civil in voicing their opinion. Thx for reading/listening to my opinion. Peace
Free speech is and inherit right to every human being. It's main use is to express what you think is true. And what you think is true might be offensive to somebody and that's consequence not the purpose.
Language is always subject to context and interpretation. I believe in "Rules of Engagement." In other words, not using racial slurs, personal threats, or libelous comments. There are already existing laws against that, and can end up with you in court. But just because you find something "offensive" is part and parcel of free speech. Had King George not been 'offended' by Thomas Paine, there would be no United States.
The thing is someone would always get slightly offended on what you say that you might as well shut up in which would made someone also offended because you're not talking to them.
I'm offended I should have to answer this question so I'm going to say there is no comparison. Freedom of speech is very important to everyone. Being offended is an individual's problem.
Why can't freedom of speech allow us to be vocal in a court of law. Is our Judiciary still in the dark middle ages? 1) Why should we all rise when the Judge enters? 2) Why are we not allowed to speak out of turn? 3) Why can't we raise our voice against the judiciary? 4) Why can't we use verbal profanities against a judge/lawyer in a court of law? Even if there are laws against this, why should we follow them? Shouldn't it be a personal choice? 5) Are these laws out-dated? 6) Can we have these rules thrown out? 7) Perjury should be allowed as a part of freedom of speech and considered as a form of personal expression. 8) Why can't we sue the judiciary? Isn't it unfair? 9) Why do our judiciary set an environment of intimidation. 10) People should enter a court of law without fear or the feeling of intimidation.
A cover up needed to take place at my work so my employer put in a written false report about me so I would take the blame. I told other staff the true story and was sacked. My union told me the employer has the right to sack me for saying something that brings them into disrepute and it don"t matter if I told the truth and it was what they done which caused the disrepute.
@Johnny Jacobs Middle ground expired 16 decades ago when dems forfeited their citizenship and attempted to claim states as their own personal property.
You could say this about the USSR: "You can criticize communism and Stalin all you want but don't get mad when you have to face the consequences (getting arrested and shot)."
What if I accuse someone of doing something illegal with little to no evidence. And that persons reputation is effected badly by it. Is that still acceptable?
That Is Contrary Terms. People Don't Have The Right To NOT Respect Your Comments About Particular Topics. That Is Very Often Confused & Taken As A Personal Insult.
Yes it does and here's why.... If you make it a crime to offend someone, then the crooked people out there are going to find a way to manipulate it for personal gain. Someone can simply just pretend to be offended by something just to get another person in trouble.
For the record I'm not sure I won't offend anyone because I don't care if people are offended by things I say because I don't say things just to hear my own voice I see them because I want them to be heard and if you disagree fine we can agree to disagree tour we can't but there's new scenario where things I see are contingent upon anyone else's approval.
Yes as long as what you are saying isn't personal or insulting the person in front of you, as for his ideology or beliefs, then you are allowed to shred that as you see fit
Freedom of Speech has nothing to do with rights, it's a belief. It means you believe those that you completely disagree with have the same rights and opportunities as you to speak. The Government did not invent the idea.
This is America. If you got a problem with freedom of speech get out 😂 its that simple. Do you know how many lives have been sacrificed for the ability to speak your mind freely? How much effort its taken to maintain it. Freedom of speech and freedom in general are by far the most important things we have in America period. Everybody takes it for granted because you don't realize how much you utilize it. If your offended leave or use your freedom of speech to say so 😂
She just explained how freedom of speech doesn’t give the right to offend I hate how people just want to offend you are one of them so maybe you and all the other offending people should get out
Freedom to offend doesn't exist. With that being said, a lot of people like to imagine a world where freedom of speech means freedom from consequences is the goal. That concept is flawed but a lot of people tend to think it's something they want. The reality is that it's a naive way to consider freedom as you then enable oppression/persecution of others which is inherently preventing freedom.
Everyone should have the right to offend because we become more tolerant by hearing what we find offensive. Offending others also allows us to learn what people find offensive which helps our respect for others to grow
Dont ban hate speech. Educate responsibility. Freedom can ONLY be healthy with responsibility. But banning hate speech does not help improving responsibility because it takes the responsibility away from the offender. Instead, the government should have the absolute right heavliy propagate moral responsibility to our speech rights as education to living in our free democratic systems nature of freedom , especially at a very Young age, because its the government responsibility to maintain freedom of speech. This does not mean any restriction to our speeches. So in exchange only responsibility themed propaganda by the state. Banning words with any authority is irresponsible cowardice, Keep Expressing against words anyone but yourself is repsonsible bravery.
@ I don't know what country you live in commie but in the United States we can say whatever we want as long as in doesn't incite violence. So go fly join the collective over sees in China Comrade.
Majid Nawaz is not a Muslim. He wants to reform Islam because it doesn't align with his carnal desires. Quran is a divine book and he can't know more than the Creator can he? If someone thinks that Quran is not a book from God then of course he has the right to reform but first he needs to prove it isn't from God and for that he needs to have a proper debate with the Scholars of Comperative religion like Dr. Zakir Naik. Ask him if he has the balls to do that!
Meaning of freedom of speech is to speak against ideology or religion. It may or may not offend you its not problem of the speaker it's the problem of the one who listens to him. I like pizza but if tomorrow someone will say I hate pizza it doesn't mean that I should harm him.
What is speech? It is a form of communication or noise. . If someone is sleeping. Do you want to wake him up or let him or her sleep. You have to choose. But you feel like making noise. So I do not belief in freedom of speech. You have to careful of what you speak. Especially when you have acquire certain knowledge or secrets which you are not supposed to communicate. But you have the urge to post on you Facebook and Instagram group chat.
S there will and always be sm ppl in every society who gets offended by ur speech not denying that but u shd also understand this ............... Ur speech offending anyone and u intentionally offend ( which can also means criticize) anyone is two different things if u know this u will know the rightfull meaning of free speech
Not if you value or believe.. what that individual states. Freedom of speech .. is diff than actions .. Actions of hate dont offend .. they destroy people. If we are someone close in relationships and I value ur opinion I may become offended. .. and when insecure.. offended may come easy
@@EneaG "Respect should be given" is a demand. It's also a fools notion to give respect to a stranger and it is also foolish to give it to those that share in your blood. Respect is like a roman road. You dont get to ride it based on others work. You start with the smallest speck of sand, build it in layers and fill that long trench with bits that slowly become heavier.
"If liberty means anything at all, it means right to tell others what they don't want to hear." - George Orwell
I just got banned from a spiritual store in Minneapolis Where they provide tarot readings because I dared tried to share my opinion on something that was contentious and was immediately shut down from expressing my point of view and it solved nothing. The store said I would be a better fit where other stores express the same views as me- which is freedom of speech. I’m calling out the tarot reader who have not evolved their thinking in 2022 where they have 20 years experience just reading not really expanding consciousness for themselves and society!
Depends on the topic. If someone says something that would derail something good, they should be silenced.
Plus, freedom of speech also means freedom of actions. If you yell offensive things and you get beat up, too bad.
@Based Adonis Lol like that will work. You're not listening to reason. People won't care about the law. I'm pretty sure it's gonna be difficult to call the police when you are dead for saying something offensive. Now go out and insult someone and see what happens.
@Cherished Cat Lover free speech isn’t going away at all. Actually it’s the exact same way as it was in the 50s and 60s. Our cultural values just changed. Plus we have the internet now and we all know that the first amendment obviously doesn’t exist there because it’s not a government operated network. What I wanted to say was on the tip of my tongue, but basically RUclips and other social media platforms are allowed to censor content they disagree with because they’re not government owned. That goes both ways and a right wing website can censor someone who is liberal. I’m just explaining my understanding of the United States law and how it relates to this. I might be wrong though.
Have you people never had bad interactions with others, I dont get it, human beings are not entirely moral creatures, anger is a very normal human emotion, and with it comes offensive words and language, the fact that we think stifling the darker parts of the human psyche is the solution or morally correct, is asinine. People who talk like this sound like born again christians trying to police the world, sanctimonious pricks, the lot of you.
Can you have free speech without the right to offend? Seriously, you can't say anything to 100 random people without offending at least some of them. Not anything important anyway.
right you dont have a right to not be offended.
Ever see that holiday South Park where they're measuring how offended people get? It's pretty great.
"Camel."
I e euphemisms cannot work
I don't believe that circumcision is equatable to FGM
It depends on your approach and what exactly it is you have to say. Questioning something is not wrong but it should based on logic and wanting to understand something with an open mind. Of course, people who ask and question should also be open to admitting when wrong when pointed out. That’s the point of two way dialogue. It should never be about silencing others just because we don’t feel comfortable about what they’re saying. Now if the person expressing their opinion is totally unreasonable about defending their prejudices even when it’s been proven time and again that they have unfair ways thinking but they still insist on saying mean things or worse- hate speech…then that’s another story. But in general, people should be allowed to voice their opinions or ask about things. they should also be allowed to watch what they want and read what they want and look at whatever they want on the internet…it’s their life and it’s not for others to control. No one should try to own anyone.
”In order to think , you need to risk being offensive”
Jordan B peterson.
I saw that interview he is fab
Like what exactly
in order to think, you need to risk being judged.
in order to think, you need to risk being denied.
in order to think, you need to risk being wrong.
She’s talking about intolerance; meanwhile, I’m trying to tolerate the camera coming in and out of focus!
Yes
Yes it does
No it doesn't
@ No matter what opinion you have some people will get offended by it, There is NO opinion out there that satisfies everyone.
@ nobody said that you cant
@@hyfade1245 can't what??
@ my comment was to phrase "i can say that"
Yes, it does. The End.
@ wrong
you are correct
@Rerun Bubba Spudskin So if someone calls me the n word that is Freedom of speech
@@Deemelanin7 yup if you don’t like it please go back to Africa
@@Deemelanin7 yes
I find the camera person's inability to keep the camera focused offensive
sarcasm :)
I do too and as a film major I am not being sarcastic lol
Can here to say… auto focus going crazy…. Film students flip your lenses to manual!!!
@@gray41462 lol fr as a film student this was a nightmare
I find your sarcasm offensive
sarcasm :)
Yes it absolutely does. We have to open to different perspective. To know why someone offend us is more valuable than being offended.
Why, yes... yes it does...
(call to violence/action is a different story)
No it's not. If you hurt someone then expect to be hurt back. Newton's Third Law 😉
@@dvd8369 sure but you poke a Bee's nest, they'll sting you to death; they won't just poke back.
No it doesn’t
@@Anonymous-411 Yes I agree, we must hurt every single left winger on the planet and let their corpses rot because they are hurting the entire planet.
@@Kaledrone Bruh and you call me the s head
The reason why "protest songs" no longer get an audience is that they are preaching to the choir. If your song doesn't offend anyone, then you are not making a protest, you are merely singing the virtues of the status quo.
Without the right to offend there is no such thing as free speech. Inoffensive speech has never needed protection
Let me ask u a question r u offending ppl frm speech r ppls getting offended by ur speech
And plz don't ask whts the difference
@@zenzo4815 I'm assuming you're asking: Are you deliberately offending people with the speech you use or is it happening incidentally?
My answer is simple: does it matter? If I were to engage in discussion over a political hot potato like (for example) trans rights, there is precisely ZERO chance of me offending nobody in that debate, and I know that going into it.
So my choices are either that I refuse to get involved with an important issue of the day 'less I offend someone or I enter into it with the full knowledge that I will be offensive. Now that's a personal decision for me to make, but I should absolutely have the right to choose the latter option and BE offensive.
@@zenzo4815 your speech offends me, jesus chist 😂 i hate grammar nazis but jesus. i don't even know what your asking and i doubt im alone in that.
@@richardparke4105 I'm not saying u shd not offend anyone, there will be always sm ppl who will get offended with wht ever u say
And fr ur example it depends on trans wht topic ur talking with and wht solution ur proposing 👀
@@colonelradec5956 👈ohhh a online jobless gramerien in the comments ppl, ya ur definitely alone 😂and I can see thats y 😂😂
My family always told me you can say whatever you want, as long as you have the strength to defend against the reaction.
Your family sounds really abusive. And pretty authoritarian. It's very simple everybody should carry a weapon, you have the right to say whatever you want if somebody puts their hands on you or takes away your autonomy you have the right to delete them from the planet
That is a huge issue now, many people only believe in freedom of speech, if it means, "I am free to speak, and no one is allowed to disagree with me, or they are violating like Freedom," that is why they are so mad about losing control of Twitter. They like being able to ban anyone who disagrees with them
No strength required to operate a firearm.
@@rachelseebalack3500 there's strength required in pulling the trigger.
Should you have to defend yourself from physical assault just for the words you used? Isn't there a point when a person's forceful reaction is not justified and is in fact criminal?
At first, I thought this would be a student criticizing free speech. Thankfully, I'm happy to have been proven wrong. We need more enlightened youth like you
I thought that too
@Based Adonis Aama, varanum. Vandha nalla irukkum
Yes. without offending someone you can't do a single thing or can't complete single sentence.
If liberty means anything at all it means the right to tell people what they don’t want to hear
George Orwell
Right to free speech is meant to protect the speech people don’t like. Otherwise there’s not point to it
Yes, offending is OK. Freedom of speech only becomes very important when we do offend. When we are in total agreement, freedom of speech is not necessary.
correct lol if you agree why would anybody want to silence your freedom of speech 😂
Of course it does! If the only speech that was acceptable was speech that nobody took offense to, we'd be a society of deaf, mutes.
Well said
Yes. next.
The main thing is what people consider offensive today. If something very normal makes you offended, then the problem is with you, not with the person who is supposedly 'offending' you.
We uphold the right to our opinions and expression but we should not weaponize these ideas.
That's your particular take on this.. if somebody has the freedom of speech as long as they're not making a call to action to take away somebody else's autonomy or to commit a crime, your flavor of how they use their freedom of speech does not matter and they get to wield it in any way they see fit.
It's very simple if you don't like the way that somebody else behaves or the way that they think you can easily walk away and not associate yourself with them. You don't have to get offended by staying around them and listening to them. You have your own autonomy just walk away from them and don't associate it's really easy.
This talk should be one word long. "Yes."
Anes is right. It should be two words long. "Absolutely yes."
Your right one word long “no”
not gonna even watch it, just came here to write YES, it does. because the alternatives are gruesome. These clowns...
Maybe Government Is A Good Thing.
@@massimocasella4201 Government needs to be as small as possible.
Yes it does because freedom of speech is universal, it applies to everyone equally. The problem with freedom from offense is that it's not measurable or even definable in any useful way that doesn't positively disadvantage all parties involved. Our legal systems are based on intent, intent matters and we're able to scale punishments according to intent. Offense is personal and unscalable.
I know someone recently who had a run in with a client of his over an unpaid bill, things got a bit heated, the client hit him, he retaliated and in the process called him a f++++t. The police got involved, the client walked away with a warning, the guy I know got a criminal record for hate speech. This is the backward culture we're living in all as a consequence of creating protected groups with undefinable offense at its heart.
I think in your example the intent of the word was to offend. Even though things got heated the person said something that was with the intent to hurt this persons feelings. In forming an opinion about someone/things you don’t have to like someone and you can voice that opinion but it should not be the intent to offend a person based on his beliefs and personal opinions. (In your case I probably would’ve got the police involved before it got heated but that’s just speculation and i don’t know the details so it could be different)
Freedom of Expression doesn't need to be in sync with not offending someone. People will always find reasons to be offended by something. But that does not mean that we should misuse this power. You can keep your points respectfully and without unnecessarily attacking someone. There are people who misuse this ability on Internet being rude and offensive, for instance labelling somebody as a 5yr old etc and passing judgement about a person you've never even seen.
What I think you're saying is that people SHOULD be civil. I agree with that. Even though I believe people should be civil, we cannot force civility through regulation. Because someone will inevitably choose for the rest of us what "civility" means, and force it through the power of the state.
@@TheTaysoren Agreed. Fair use of this right should not come by force. Also fair use can be subjective. What I meant was that "freedom of expression is no excuse for rude behaviour and neither is feeling offended to that of Freedom of Expression".
I'm offended by anyone who would even ask this question, but that doesn't give me the right to prevent them from saying it.
If offended, you turn around and leave. You don't prosecute or silence people. You can not control other actions. You can only control your own actions.
@Johnny Jacobs well... you can’t leave people going around telling false information or something that u consider rude, in a way it’s like you’re telling them they are right but they aren’t
Isn't the whole deal of freedom of speech that it goes two ways? If you offend someone with your words, they too can offend you with _their_ words.
Well ‘certain people’ shouldn’t act like everything offends them.
Right on. 100% agree that its pivotal for any democracy.
I think I'm in love with here. I have the exact belief.
Not in love but completely agree with her
yes
“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.” ― Søren Kierkegaard
What if we find offensive everything you say and won’t allow you to say anything you want except what we want you to say?
Then, you'd be a democrat
Freedom of thought gives the other person the right to be offended. 😀
A bit late to the party but I think we have the right to offend someone. It is what drives conversation and having a different opinion is completely natural. The problem is more that people voice these opinions in ways that are uncivilised and refuse to listen to other opinions. Like for instance: My neighbour. He is a friendly man who has a kind heart. He drives a nice car and likes to drive really fast through the neighbourhood. In my opinion that is dangerous for him and his surroundings because he could hit somebody. I voice my opinion and he gets offended by that. But instead of voicing his opinion on why drives fast and giving arguments on why he does that he starts to say things that have the intend to offend me. The difference is not in allowing different opinions that may offend someone but it’s the things that are said with the intent to offend someone. Like curse words, yes they can’t physically hurt someone but they can mentally. If you have a different opinion voice it but do it in a way that respects the person that is on the other end of the conversation. Should there be laws that punish people for saying curse words? In my opinion there shouldn’t because everybody can be civil in voicing their opinions. But it is good that there are some because not everyone is civil in voicing their opinion.
Thx for reading/listening to my opinion. Peace
"Does freedom of speech give us the right to offend?"
Yup.
/video
If you can’t handle it, that’s your problem. We want to shelter everybody. This is why people can’t cope.
Free speech is and inherit right to every human being. It's main use is to express what you think is true. And what you think is true might be offensive to somebody and that's consequence not the purpose.
Good journalism afflicts the comfortable and comforts the afflicted
Language is always subject to context and interpretation. I believe in "Rules of Engagement." In other words, not using racial slurs, personal threats, or libelous comments. There are already existing laws against that, and can end up with you in court. But just because you find something "offensive" is part and parcel of free speech. Had King George not been 'offended' by Thomas Paine, there would be no United States.
i find talk of socialism offensive - people wanting to spend other people's money - but i think we all have the right to say what we want
The thing is someone would always get slightly offended on what you say that you might as well shut up in which would made someone also offended because you're not talking to them.
I'm offended I should have to answer this question so I'm going to say there is no comparison. Freedom of speech is very important to everyone. Being offended is an individual's problem.
Can we have freedom of speech and focus?
YES. If we didn’t have freedom of speech, this woman wouldn’t be allowed to speak. Period.
Why? Would her mouth disappear? Unintelligent people shouldn't talk anyway.
@@Anonymous-411 goof..... because for centuries women weren't given political voices.... jeezus mind numb
Why can't freedom of speech allow us to be vocal in a court of law.
Is our Judiciary still in the dark middle ages?
1) Why should we all rise when the Judge enters?
2) Why are we not allowed to speak out of turn?
3) Why can't we raise our voice against the judiciary?
4) Why can't we use verbal profanities against a judge/lawyer in a court of law?
Even if there are laws against this, why should we follow them? Shouldn't it be a personal choice?
5) Are these laws out-dated?
6) Can we have these rules thrown out?
7) Perjury should be allowed as a part of freedom of speech and considered as a form of personal expression.
8) Why can't we sue the judiciary? Isn't it unfair?
9) Why do our judiciary set an environment of intimidation.
10) People should enter a court of law without fear or the feeling of intimidation.
Yes. Done. Thanks.
A cover up needed to take place at my work so my employer put in a written false report about me so I would take the blame. I told other staff the true story and was sacked. My union told me the employer has the right to sack me for saying something that brings them into disrepute and it don"t matter if I told the truth and it was what they done which caused the disrepute.
Absolutely. Without offense, there would be no leverage to make sense of a situation to gain middle ground.
@Johnny Jacobs Middle ground expired 16 decades ago when dems forfeited their citizenship and attempted to claim states as their own personal property.
I can’t believe we are even debating this question 😂😂😂
Why did the camera go blurry exactly on that particular moment?
I forgot who said this to meand it goes like , "you can say anything you want but don't get mad when you have to face the consequences".
You could say this about the USSR: "You can criticize communism and Stalin all you want but don't get mad when you have to face the consequences (getting arrested and shot)."
Yes, absolutely. That doesn't mean that it's advisable but of course the right must be there.
Every person has a choise to be offended or not to be offended
We live in a culture where everyone is on their period 24/7.
If you don’t want it in Singapore. Fine! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸We’ll keep it! Thank you very much!
It's true, giving people the truth of what is going on in ur head is much better than not saying snythung. Love x
What if I accuse someone of doing something illegal with little to no evidence. And that persons reputation is effected badly by it. Is that still acceptable?
That’s called defamation
Also making a false police report is illegal. But mainstream media gets away with defamation non stop. Just look at how much they lied on trump
that isn't free speech, free speech doesn't give you the right to defame or slander a person. You can lose big money in court over it lmao
If the other person can prove you knowingly lied about them then that would be defamation.
Certainly we don't have a right not to be "offended"
That Is Contrary Terms. People Don't Have The Right To NOT Respect Your Comments About Particular Topics. That Is Very Often Confused & Taken As A Personal Insult.
If you’re using your freedom of expression to intentionally offend minority groups, maybe you don’t deserve that freedom
Nonsense
Everybody deserves the right to freedom of speech simply for existing
Yes it does and here's why.... If you make it a crime to offend someone, then the crooked people out there are going to find a way to manipulate it for personal gain. Someone can simply just pretend to be offended by something just to get another person in trouble.
For the record I'm not sure I won't offend anyone because I don't care if people are offended by things I say because I don't say things just to hear my own voice I see them because I want them to be heard and if you disagree fine we can agree to disagree tour we can't but there's new scenario where things I see are contingent upon anyone else's approval.
Being offended is idiosyncratic and individual to the person who feels offended.
*The organization that your not allowed to question, could and can be what rules over you. Freedom of speech is extremely important.
Yes, "in the pursuit of truth, you need to sacrifice to be offended"
Yes as long as what you are saying isn't personal or insulting the person in front of you, as for his ideology or beliefs, then you are allowed to shred that as you see fit
Free speech includes insulting someone
Government will never banned free speech.
Always want to know what we think.
Freedom of Speech has nothing to do with rights, it's a belief. It means you believe those that you completely disagree with have the same rights and opportunities as you to speak. The Government did not invent the idea.
This is America. If you got a problem with freedom of speech get out 😂 its that simple. Do you know how many lives have been sacrificed for the ability to speak your mind freely? How much effort its taken to maintain it. Freedom of speech and freedom in general are by far the most important things we have in America period. Everybody takes it for granted because you don't realize how much you utilize it. If your offended leave or use your freedom of speech to say so 😂
She just explained how freedom of speech doesn’t give the right to offend I hate how people just want to offend you are one of them so maybe you and all the other offending people should get out
@@fireking6710 fuk you
@@666MaRius9991 cry more as hol
@Exculpatory Shōgun oh yeah? Well never did I ever see an amendment that says “You can offend people”
@@fireking6710 It didn't say you can't offend people either
Some people live to be offended and victimized, so who are you to deny them.
Freedom to offend doesn't exist. With that being said, a lot of people like to imagine a world where freedom of speech means freedom from consequences is the goal. That concept is flawed but a lot of people tend to think it's something they want. The reality is that it's a naive way to consider freedom as you then enable oppression/persecution of others which is inherently preventing freedom.
Allowing the freedom to say any offensive thing that you want does not correlate with oppression and persecution
@@ThisisKyle Yes it does, that's literally how wars and genocides began.
Everyone should have the right to offend because we become more tolerant by hearing what we find offensive. Offending others also allows us to learn what people find offensive which helps our respect for others to grow
that's my best friend
Why do we even have to have such a long discussion on this???
Dont ban hate speech. Educate responsibility.
Freedom can ONLY be healthy with responsibility. But banning hate speech does not help improving responsibility because it takes the responsibility away from the offender.
Instead, the government should have the absolute right heavliy propagate moral responsibility to our speech rights as education to living in our free democratic systems nature of freedom , especially at a very Young age, because its the government responsibility to maintain freedom of speech. This does not mean any restriction to our speeches. So in exchange only responsibility themed propaganda by the state.
Banning words with any authority is irresponsible cowardice, Keep Expressing against words anyone but yourself is repsonsible bravery.
By what she said, her answer is yes
Being offended is your own fault and you have control over your emotions. You are responsible for how things affect you.
This shouldn't even be a discussion. The answer is yes.
@ I don't know what country you live in commie but in the United States we can say whatever we want as long as in doesn't incite violence. So go fly join the collective over sees in China Comrade.
@ islam should be openly criticized
@ ok but what do you mean by reaction?
@@jefrreyjeffery2192 like insult you or call you something that you don't like
@ Sure, criticize me. This is freedom of speech. DO IT!!
I came here for my thesis😶
But how do you question the beliefs without questioning the person? Should you be like a 4chan user? Like 4chan's rude demeanor?
Dispute ideas as it's dialogue not individual as it's offence!
Who defines hate speech?
Yes! If anything that’s the most free aspect of it… why!? Well In the face of tyranny truth is offensive.
for this to even be debatable is wow 😂 and if you have to ask what i mean, double wow 🤣
How will humanity learn when you can't ask the offensive questions. You have to risk being offended in order to grow.
Yes it does, dosnt matter what it is, you can say what you want
Except it is a call to violence on others.
No you can’t
@@Cyrusrm7 you just confused THREATEN with OFFEND..... please return to pooblik edukation kamp and relearn the definitions
Majid Nawaz is not a Muslim. He wants to reform Islam because it doesn't align with his carnal desires. Quran is a divine book and he can't know more than the Creator can he? If someone thinks that Quran is not a book from God then of course he has the right to reform but first he needs to prove it isn't from God and for that he needs to have a proper debate with the Scholars of Comperative religion like Dr. Zakir Naik. Ask him if he has the balls to do that!
Meaning of freedom of speech is to speak against ideology or religion. It may or may not offend you its not problem of the speaker it's the problem of the one who listens to him. I like pizza but if tomorrow someone will say I hate pizza it doesn't mean that I should harm him.
I rarely see anyone speaking about why freedom of speech is so important. Most have no clue. Scary and ridiculous.
What is speech? It is a form of communication or noise. . If someone is sleeping. Do you want to wake him up or let him or her sleep. You have to choose. But you feel like making noise. So I do not belief in freedom of speech. You have to careful of what you speak. Especially when you have acquire certain knowledge or secrets which you are not supposed to communicate. But you have the urge to post on you Facebook and Instagram group chat.
The truth offends liars. What are you trying to say?
S there will and always be sm ppl in every society who gets offended by ur speech not denying that but u shd also understand this ...............
Ur speech offending anyone and u intentionally offend ( which can also means criticize) anyone is two different things if u know this u will know the rightfull meaning of free speech
Yes. Next question, please.
Not if you value or believe.. what that individual states. Freedom of speech .. is diff than actions .. Actions of hate dont offend .. they destroy people. If we are someone close in relationships and I value ur opinion I may become offended. .. and when insecure.. offended may come easy
Yes, next redundant question please
How about insult?
Yes it does. Freedom of speech means I get to call your ideas, beliefs, and outfit completely ridiculous.
Respect is earned not just given.
You'd be my new best friend if I had bothered to earn any. I applaud that you recognize that fact of what respect means.
I disagree, I think respect should be given until proven unworthy of respect
@@EneaG Because you demand it, your unworthy of it.
@@TheZarric i'm not demanding it (?)
@@EneaG "Respect should be given" is a demand.
It's also a fools notion to give respect to a stranger and it is also foolish to give it to those that share in your blood.
Respect is like a roman road. You dont get to ride it based on others work. You start with the smallest speck of sand, build it in layers and fill that long trench with bits that slowly become heavier.