That may sound like hyperbole but what you said is actually sane and right. Without the right to speak freely, you do not have a democratic system.
Democracy is more than just voting. It is the process of the population going through iterations of error correction based on updated information. Educated Voters drive progress. Censorship defeats error correction by eliminating information.
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Diggernicks ago
Censorship should be punishable by death.
novictim ago
That may sound like hyperbole but what you said is actually sane and right. Without the right to speak freely, you do not have a democratic system.
Democracy is more than just voting. It is the process of the population going through iterations of error correction based on updated information. Educated Voters drive progress. Censorship defeats error correction by eliminating information.