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But people act violently without it, I don't think the rhetoric is a necessary precursor. Furthermore, practicality is not what defines freedom of speech.

You're misunderstanding what I'm saying. I am saying if there is a law establishing legal consequences for speech then you do not have absolute freedom of speech.

True, but sadly that's because of what became a genuine user safety concern

Right now to me it means basically private control of the means of production. Because left has seemingly become a euphemism for collective control of the means of production.

Anyone know Al Gore's email?

To be honest: you can still make your own website, and in many ways big companies are actually making it easier through open-source projects and stuff like Let's Encrypt. The web industry is remarkably open compared to what big companies do in other industries. A lot of the standards meetings and stuff you can just go to and give your opinion. Or ignore the standards and fork it yourself. This alarmism I fear will make people not take the actually alarming things like encryption bans or ID requirements seriously.

Sometimes

Yea but I also think he's just not a cardinal

I don't think he's a cardinal, just a bishop. But I also don't really know how the Catholic church works

At the time it was the only "country" on the continent. There were people actually arguing for not including the "of America" too, so it would just be "United States"

Wdym? I've always thought this USian thing was just typical Western Europeans + Aus/Kiwis