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Originally Posted by t3hbandit
My central point is I think attacking speakers/students/destroying buildings during a protest is anti free speech.
Ok, I agree that this is generally true, and I'm generally opposed to physically attacking speakers, and specifically opposed to most of the cases I'm aware of. However, I don't think there's a significant threat to free speech rights here simply because we're talking about a very small number of people and there already exist strong sanctions against this behavior.
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Originally Posted by t3hbandit
I also think there's a double standard on the when it comes to criticising various religions.
I think it's true that others are applying
different standards from you, e.g. I mentioned that they take into account the idea that different groups in western societies are more vulnerable than others. I think when you call it a double standard you're really just saying that you think their approach is illegitimate. From their perspective they are not being inconsistent however, they are simply using a different standard from you.
I think you are giving this idea about the importance of social context too little consideration, even accepting that it's also possible to over-emphasize the importance of this one way of looking at things, and even accepting that some times the people you are arguing against may also give too little consideration to the values which underlie your complaint.