'free speech' has always been limited; every society, community or social group has speech taboo's - there probably isn't an example in history where there was 'anything goes' policy.
The main differences we can observe are a) what topics are taboo and b) how they are policed (downvote on HN is a good example of a modern technique!)
'free speech' has always been limited; every society, community or social group has speech taboo's - there probably isn't an example in history where there was 'anything goes' policy.
The main differences we can observe are a) what topics are taboo and b) how they are policed (downvote on HN is a good example of a modern technique!)
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