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i don’t have a strong opinion about free speech but i think the argument is: who gets to decide what’s “in the public interest”. if you don’t like somebody’s book, pamphlet, blog post, comment, or tweet, just declare it “not in the public interest”. there you have the makings of tyranny.


The courts decide this. That's their job. And they don't just get to make up rulings, they have a huge body of precedent to which they are bound.


See, you didn't answer my question. You essentially only said that nobody should even be able to ask that question.




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