Free Speech FAQ

All you need to know about free speech

There has been a lot of talk lately about free speech, especially as social media takes more steps to censor speech. Twitter was even taken over (and I guess renamed) to make it better allow free speech, but even it has stumbled in that direction. So, to help people understand and honor free speech, I wrote this FAQ.

The Free Speech FAQ

Q. So, what are the basic ways to honor free speech?

A. You allow all speech. If you find some speech very disagreeable or abhorrent, you then meet that speech with more speech. But you never ban or try to completely crush any speech as that goes against our democratic principles.

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Q. Wait, you can’t be done. What about—

A. No.

Q. But if—

A. No.

Q. I’m just talking about how misinformation—

A. No.

Q. And some speech is basically—

A. No.

Q. But for social media—

A. No.

Q. Seriously, though—

A. No.

Q. Come on! You don’t even know what I’m going to say!

A. I don’t know exactly what you’re going to say, but the answer to your question is “No.”

Q. It’s much more complex than—

A. No.

Q. I don’t feel like I’m having free speech here.

A. It’s an FAQ, not a public forum.

Q. But doesn’t that show how—

A. No.

Q. It’s just—

A. No more questions. Go have free speech.

Q. Then what I have to say is—

A. Not here.