It’s been more than a week since MPP Sarah Jama was booted from the Ontario NDP caucus and censured by the Ontario government for daring to name Israel as an Apartheid state. It’s been more than a week since CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn agreed to
  • acargitzOP
    1712·
    2 years ago

    Don’t be dense, read the article. The story is not about legality or free speech absolutism. It is about how the window of acceptable political speech in what is considered mainstream has narrowed to a stifling degree to exclude very reasonable milquetoast peacenik sentiments.

    • rbesfe
      114·
      2 years ago

      the story is not about legality

      Then it shouldn’t use the words “free speech” in the headline. Free speech is very much a legal term.

      • acargitzOP
        107·
        2 years ago

        So is theft and murder and inheritance. We use legal terms in regular parlance all the time.

        • rbesfe
          53·
          2 years ago

          Ok, and? Regular parlance can be about legal implications too, I’ve never heard the words “free speech” used in a context with no connection to their legal meaning. Do you have a counter example?

          • frostbiker
            47·
            2 years ago

            I’ve never heard the words “free speech” used in a context with no connection to their legal meaning. Do you have a counter example?

            Yes. The very article in this post.

            • rbesfe
              43·
              2 years ago

              You ever heard of a circular argument?