Can we create a “the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem” movement? With the firm recognition that there are no easy answers, only difficult tradeoffs?
“We have more good speech than ever, and more conspiracy theories too. It also fails to acknowledge that some forms of speech are in tension. Such an acknowledgment would demand a consideration of uncomfortable tradeoffs. Are we willing to punish harassment? And who decides what harassment looks like? Or, must we simply accept toxic campaigns of intimidation as a new feature of campus life, the price of other types of speech?
These are not easy questions. I don’t have clear answers. But I do think it is worth pointing out that such tensions are real, and worth considering”
I think there is definitely a tendency to wish these trade offs a way. People say all the time "I'm a free speech absolutist" when the reality is they would not tolerate certain types of speech (e.g. Musk suspending people on Twitter for using the term "cisgender")
Can we create a “the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem” movement? With the firm recognition that there are no easy answers, only difficult tradeoffs?
“We have more good speech than ever, and more conspiracy theories too. It also fails to acknowledge that some forms of speech are in tension. Such an acknowledgment would demand a consideration of uncomfortable tradeoffs. Are we willing to punish harassment? And who decides what harassment looks like? Or, must we simply accept toxic campaigns of intimidation as a new feature of campus life, the price of other types of speech?
These are not easy questions. I don’t have clear answers. But I do think it is worth pointing out that such tensions are real, and worth considering”
I think there is definitely a tendency to wish these trade offs a way. People say all the time "I'm a free speech absolutist" when the reality is they would not tolerate certain types of speech (e.g. Musk suspending people on Twitter for using the term "cisgender")
oversimplified dogma is a hellofa drug