Obvious as it may sound, people with authoritarian beliefs hiding behind free speech actually consider it as a weakness akin empathy. It allows losers like them to amplify their reach despite not being in power. They abandon their “free speech absolutist” postures the moment they think they are in power.

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      8·
      10 hours ago

      Well, only their free speech.

      Your blasphemous thoughts should be banned, obviously.

      • gabbath@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 hours ago

        No no, we still value free speech, just that yours isn’t really speech, it’s the woke mind virus. And that needs to be eradicated. So, you see, we’re still free speech absolutists!

        This is how they trick people.