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Here is the speech cos it's only fair.
but what is contradictory about being in favour of free speech and referencing the lack of it during the Soviet era?
Well it is one hell of a sliding scale comparison from "my granddad was in the government of the oppressor and a pure totalitarian awful regime where barely anybody could say anything and even Stalin's doctor did not dare to come in so he died of a heart attack" to "JK Rowling cannot be called a transphobe because sometimes words can harm people".
I mean Braverman used her "free speech" as well and look at what that did.
I am a bit wary of people not being part of an oppressed group going "but free speech" I totally agree sometimes it goes wrong, like when ex-muslims cannot speak at a uni because of groups complaining "that is islamophobia" (what?) but there has been a lot of awful politicians and others dogwhistling and inciting and that is just fine, or something.
Now you will say: "that is not a pure argument, you should look at the merit and play the ball and not the man" and yes sure, but this discussion does not happen in a vacuum as if we are all IDK going to be reasonable human beings and "immigrants break the NHS" doesn't lead to Brexit or something.
At the same time, a free press is super important and we kinda don't have one? And lack of accountability is pissing many people of?
I guess I am just tired of all the low quality free speech but maybe with social media and lack of proper press funding it was always going to be this way :)