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   Matt Gemmell (mattgemmell@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 05:55:09 JST Matt Gemmell

   Here's what's going to happen, as more from Twitter come to Mastodon. Most will be basically decent and good, because most are — but there will be others too. They'll say they're exercising freedom of speech, and when censured, they'll accuse their own accusers of prejudice, and intolerance, and fragility. They will say that their freedom of speech is being curtailed. They will use our own language, but in service of themselves.

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     Matt Gemmell (mattgemmell@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 05:55:07 JST Matt Gemmell

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     Now let me tell you this: freedom of speech doesn't apply to fascism. Freedom of speech doesn't apply to trolling, and to repression, and to intolerance itself. They must all be ripped down, crushed, and destroyed at first visibility, now and forever. The Paradox of Tolerance tells us that our own principles cannot survive if we tolerate those who are intolerant, because they won't play by the same rules, and they will eliminate our own freedom.

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     Matt Gemmell (mattgemmell@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Nov-2022 05:55:08 JST Matt Gemmell

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     I'm left-wing, democratic, pretty socialist, rationalist, atheist, and largely pacifist. I believe in tolerance and education, and above all in communication. I think that communication, especially between disparate groups, is the one big thing that can save us. I think that freedom of speech is the lynchpin of communication, and of constructive and civil discourse. Without it, I think we have little hope.

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