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If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

16.06.2025 04:58

If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

Conspiracy

Threats of violence

Fraud

When North Koreans visit other countries for the Olympics, what stops some of them fleeing away into that host country?

You have freedom to travel. If I loan you my car, I can tell you not to take it out of town, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.

Revenge porn

That’s what it is. You have no right to use other people’s stuff. If people let you use their stuff, they can tell you how you can use it, and they can tell you to stop using it any time they want.

Who writes and reads novels nowadays?

False advertising

No freedom is absolute.

If you’re wondering why free speech doesn’t apply to the internet, it’s because you have no right to use other people’s stuff for free.

What is the difference between Michael Corleone’s marriage to Apollonia Vitelli and Kay Adams?

Terroristic threats

Trade secrets

Insurrection

Why do narcissists keep calling on the phone after years of separation?

Revealing classified information

Child pornography

HIPAA violations

This is a real question: Why do a lot of men/boys hate (yes, hate) women that voice their criteria in choosing a partner? Even when the criteria is sane and responsible. Besides it being, sadly, an effective mating strategy, why does it exist?

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Perjury

You have freedom of speech. If I loan you my computer, I can tell you not to use it for certain things, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.

Can you show pictures of your penis, big or small?

Insider trading

And much, much more.