I care more about being a moral human being that does not intentionally harm others. 'Free speech' is important, but not high on my list of priorities. I prefer for people to have their basic needs met - food, shelter, medical care, education, etc.
Free speech is useless (and a luxury) if those basic needs above are not met. And what would you know, America has many of these problems - homelessness, poverty, hungry children going to bed every night, lack of adequate education and social services, lack of adequate health care, and more. In this environment, I care LESS about 'free speech' and such ideals than I do about the NEEDS of the people.
I never suggested that free speech was above the basic needs. For example above free speech , to me, is food, medicine, hospitals & housing for Palestinians. Of course, their right to their land is included.
From your comments, you seem to be MORE interested in 'free speech' and 'free speech absolutism' than higher priority considerations.
Free Speech is a complicated and nuanced issue - and it would take many books (and many books have been written on it) to really see it from multiple perspectives and applied in different contexts.
I care more about being a moral human being that does not intentionally harm others. 'Free speech' is important, but not high on my list of priorities. I prefer for people to have their basic needs met - food, shelter, medical care, education, etc.
Free speech is useless (and a luxury) if those basic needs above are not met. And what would you know, America has many of these problems - homelessness, poverty, hungry children going to bed every night, lack of adequate education and social services, lack of adequate health care, and more. In this environment, I care LESS about 'free speech' and such ideals than I do about the NEEDS of the people.
I never suggested that free speech was above the basic needs. For example above free speech , to me, is food, medicine, hospitals & housing for Palestinians. Of course, their right to their land is included.
From your comments, you seem to be MORE interested in 'free speech' and 'free speech absolutism' than higher priority considerations.
Free Speech is a complicated and nuanced issue - and it would take many books (and many books have been written on it) to really see it from multiple perspectives and applied in different contexts.