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If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

12.06.2025 03:35

If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

Terroristic threats

HIPAA violations

Insurrection

I think that being gay is wrong, but I treat gay people respectfully like any other person. Is it homophobic? Or offensive in any kind of way? Aren’t disagreement and discrimination two different things?

No freedom is absolute.

That’s what it is. You have no right to use other people’s stuff. If people let you use their stuff, they can tell you how you can use it, and they can tell you to stop using it any time they want.

Trade secrets

Why are right-wing commentators spreading conspiracy theories about Haitians eating local pets in Springfield, Ohio?

Child pornography

And much, much more.

False advertising

As a woman, what would be you response to a male friend’s offer of a full body massage?

Fraud

Revenge porn

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

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Revealing classified information

Insider trading

If you’re wondering why free speech doesn’t apply to the internet, it’s because you have no right to use other people’s stuff for free.

Have you ever been forced to dress like a girl?

Conspiracy

Threats of violence

Perjury

Should parents force their kids to go to school when they are sick?

You have freedom to travel. If I loan you my car, I can tell you not to take it out of town, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.

You have freedom of speech. If I loan you my computer, I can tell you not to use it for certain things, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.