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Goodbyeworld@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Lemmy might hate me for this… Musk is a pure right wing troll at this point, but he’s right on speech. It’s not often that those in power will have the right moral compass to say what ideas can be said and what cannot. Without free speech protections, none of the LGBTQIA+ movement, or other social movements, would have taken hold. It sucks that right extremists will espouse hurtful views, but it’s absolutely critical that the speech of minority voices be protected. What will the world be like if the assholes win and say the only right speech is something that would completely abhor us today. Look at speech in Russia. I believe the country has just designated LGBTQIA+ activists terrorists. What will happen if the wrong people get power in the USA or Europe?

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