Disclosure: Did not read the piece.

So a white person can go on the streets calling people the n-word, or saying “gas the jews” with reprimand?, because he’s allowed to say whatever he want under free speech?

Actual good take: whether or not there is a “need” for a certain bit of expression is wholly immaterial as to whether it should be permitted.

There is still no genuine harm.

Shithole country?? What fucking mecca of awesomeness do you currently reside in, clownshoe?

Counter-counterpoint: This is a good thing. The people should be allowed to elect whomever they see fit for the job, regardless of who said individual is. It should never be up to anyone other than the governed body of citizens to decide who represents them.

Thank god for our freedom of speech. We are the only country with the right and it is something we must jealously defend, because good intentions are a slippery slope. You may hate what someone has to say, it might offend you deeply, but there is never a case for sending them to jail for that. Furthermore, public…

Everything can be joked about. Nothing is off limits. Funny is subjective.

People in the United States don’t often realize that we’re the only country that expressly permits free speech, legally.

a paywall honestly just means i hit the back button, and go to a different site.

Wow, pro-fascism takes from LifeHacker, how spicy. All in the “good of the public” right? It’s the government’s job to prevent people from harming each other. It’s not the government’s job to regulate every vice that might cause future harm. That shit doesn’t work. It’s never worked. We tried it. It blew up in our…

No, no they aren’t (also super professional to call someone reading your blog and trying to have a discussion a “tool”).

It is as freely made as any other decision. NO decision is freely made because they are all influnced by our genetics, our history, our environment, and our situation.

Regardless, government has no right getting in the way of those unfree decisions and government’s just make it worse.

You can’t manipulate people into thinking something that is an objective fact. The only tool here is you. You can have your tastes manipulated, but the fact that it is a matter of taste just is.

Oh grow the fuck up. This isn’t about “those in power” pitting people against each other. This is about consumers repeatedly and aggressively sending the message with their wallets that they care more about ticket price than space. The airline isn’t trying to make you fight anyone. They’re giving you exactly what you…

Maybe you don’t like the government telling you what to do, but currently the cigarette companies are the ones telling you what to do.

If you are addicted, making it illegal will not help you stop. If that were the case, no one would be using drugs.

The authoritarian regulation of what amounts to a moral decision or taste or should never taken on by government. The government should not be involved in any personal morals. The total legalization of all recreational drugs from alcohol to tobacco to cocaine....

But this? The government knows that they can’t outlaw cigarettes (remember prohibition?), so the next steps are to neuter the product. Apparently, we (as adults) can be trusted to buy as much alcohol and as many guns as we want, but dogforbid we make the choice to smoke.

I really hate the phrase “nanny state,” but it kind of seems appropes here.