Why don't you just admit it. You don't believe in freedom of speech?

Question

Instead of saying idotic statements like:

1. "I believe in limited free speech."
2. "I believe speech should be free as long as it doesn't offend people."
3. "I believe in free speech but you can't just say anything you want."

Answer 1

Those things go along with designating certain actions as "Hate Crime"..... Thought control is coming soon to a country near you.

Answer 2

If I did not believe in Free Speech I would not answer this question. But I also believe people should try and be considerate of others and not just fan the fire. Everyone has and deserves an opinion, just some are not willing to listen to anyone but themselves.

Answer 3

This is what I think when someone asks a question about free speech. In a documentary about terrorism in London, it shows jihadists trying to promote terrorism out on the streets. This is the self-proclaimed enemy. Should they be arrested or do they have this right in the U.S. and in GB when their entire reason for existence is to kill people who disagree with them?

Is it politically correct to allow someone to continue lying to the public when you know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that what they are saying is causing people to be divided for all the wrong reasons. Do we not also have the right to rebuke these lies? Is it called freedom of speech only when someone agrees with you and referred to as politically correct when they don't agree?

Should freedom of speech be a license to lie and insult people racially, or should there be some sense of responsibility that goes along with it? Frankly, I don't even understand all the brouhaha about freedom of speech and political correctness. Nobody is threatening either one. Anyone who voices their opinion is apt to be faced with opposition. That's the way its supposed to be here.

Answer 4

I believe in free speech, you can say anything you want and I can say anything I want, but if either of us are offended, someone is getting their A** kicked.
I believe you can be as free as you want in your speech as long as you realize someone else may take offense.

Answer 5

Sorry, but I do believe in 'freedom of speech' ... although sometimes on the bus, I do wish some people could speak less loudly than they do. I don't want to 'interrupt them' or for them to 'stop talking' ... just do so quietly enough that I can hold my own conversation with the person sitting next to me.

Answer 6

4. "I believe in free speech as long you agree with my party."
5. "I believe in free speech as long as I haven't accused you of lying."
6. "I believe in free speech as long as you also tell me everything and keep no national secrets."
7. "I believe in free speech but that means you have to not respond to what I say or you don't believe in free speech."
8. "I believe in free speech but you don't if you don't let me say whatever I want on YOUR soapbox which you owe me to let me use."

Democrat. Free speech for everyone, including republican talk radio. Let the people decide what they want to listen to, not government.

Answer 7

I believe in free speech, but I also believe in respecting people.

Answer 8

or...

I believe in free speech, but not in war time.

or

I believe in free speech, but not against the administration.

Face it, everyone is intimidated by other people having the right to speak.

Doesn't matter. I still feel free.

Answer 9

I have to agree with you on this point. Putting conditions on freedom of speech defeats the purpose of it entirely.

Answer 10

Do your quotation marks indicate that these are actual cut and past from Yahoo! Answers, or are these just three examples you made up?

In any case, these are three perfect examples of conservative speech control.