Criminalizing offensive speech is ending American, Canadian, and European freedoms.
By James Gorrie, EPOCH TIMES 8 April 2024
Conservative demonstrators, who allege that the government pressured or colluded with social media platforms to censor right-leaning content under the guise of fighting misinformation, protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 18, 2024, as the Court hears oral arguments in the case of Murthy v. Missouri. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Speech comes in many forms, of course, from news, entertainment, books, and movies, to singing protest songs, protesting in the street, or just having a good old chin-wag at your local café or bar. In a free society, the chances are that whatever anyone says, about half of the population will agree with that person and the other half won’t. Some may even be “offended.” So what?
In a totalitarian society, where no offending speech is allowed, there’s the official truth and everything else is a crime. Who wants to live like that?