Matt Grimm
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go and say to that family it's a joke yeah that's not that's not what i'm saying at all what i'm saying is that like having a sort of preemptive control over what opinions what political positions what proposals are allowed to be said is an incredibly dangerous path to go down and uh and the who gets to decide is really at the core of this should that person who made that joke
go and say to that family it's a joke yeah that's not that's not what i'm saying at all what i'm saying is that like having a sort of preemptive control over what opinions what political positions what proposals are allowed to be said is an incredibly dangerous path to go down and uh and the who gets to decide is really at the core of this should that person who made that joke
be allowed to make that joke? Absolutely, they should be allowed to make that joke. Does that mean there should be no consequences? Sure, there can be consequences. There can be reputational consequences. There can be lawsuits. There are liabilities. There are all sorts of things that can play out. My point is that it shouldn't be the job of the state to say, you are allowed to say this.
be allowed to make that joke? Absolutely, they should be allowed to make that joke. Does that mean there should be no consequences? Sure, there can be consequences. There can be reputational consequences. There can be lawsuits. There are liabilities. There are all sorts of things that can play out. My point is that it shouldn't be the job of the state to say, you are allowed to say this.
be allowed to make that joke? Absolutely, they should be allowed to make that joke. Does that mean there should be no consequences? Sure, there can be consequences. There can be reputational consequences. There can be lawsuits. There are liabilities. There are all sorts of things that can play out. My point is that it shouldn't be the job of the state to say, you are allowed to say this.
You are not allowed to say that. That has never in human history ended well.
You are not allowed to say that. That has never in human history ended well.
You are not allowed to say that. That has never in human history ended well.
There'll be arguments. There'll be an argument in court. There'll be a jury that will decide whether it crossed into some threshold. And this isn't to say like that we have obviously different. approaches to freedom of speech in this country and in the US.
There'll be arguments. There'll be an argument in court. There'll be a jury that will decide whether it crossed into some threshold. And this isn't to say like that we have obviously different. approaches to freedom of speech in this country and in the US.
There'll be arguments. There'll be an argument in court. There'll be a jury that will decide whether it crossed into some threshold. And this isn't to say like that we have obviously different. approaches to freedom of speech in this country and in the US.
But like there do exist a very well established set of laws and practices around what is and is not protected speech, whether it's parody, whether it's not like these laws do exist. My point is in the meta saying like this is an allowable opinion. This is an acceptable opinion versus it's not.
But like there do exist a very well established set of laws and practices around what is and is not protected speech, whether it's parody, whether it's not like these laws do exist. My point is in the meta saying like this is an allowable opinion. This is an acceptable opinion versus it's not.
But like there do exist a very well established set of laws and practices around what is and is not protected speech, whether it's parody, whether it's not like these laws do exist. My point is in the meta saying like this is an allowable opinion. This is an acceptable opinion versus it's not.
an incredibly dangerous position to be in and you have to look no further than the debate and the dialogue around covid post kind of in those first few months around when the pandemic really took the world over and social media platforms google's the the mass media sort of mainstream television and radio wouldn't talk even a little bit about possible alternative theories uh it was wild totally wild in retrospect and like
an incredibly dangerous position to be in and you have to look no further than the debate and the dialogue around covid post kind of in those first few months around when the pandemic really took the world over and social media platforms google's the the mass media sort of mainstream television and radio wouldn't talk even a little bit about possible alternative theories uh it was wild totally wild in retrospect and like
an incredibly dangerous position to be in and you have to look no further than the debate and the dialogue around covid post kind of in those first few months around when the pandemic really took the world over and social media platforms google's the the mass media sort of mainstream television and radio wouldn't talk even a little bit about possible alternative theories uh it was wild totally wild in retrospect and like
actually some of those alternative theories turned out to be true. That is a living example of where this kind of mindset goes sideways.
actually some of those alternative theories turned out to be true. That is a living example of where this kind of mindset goes sideways.
actually some of those alternative theories turned out to be true. That is a living example of where this kind of mindset goes sideways.