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ceejayoz 19 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The kids with phones are alright

> A free society doesn’t arrest someone for saying “I’m going to burn down so-and-so’s house.”

I feel like it's a significantly freer society when others can't threaten to murder me without consequences.

marysol5 17 days ago [–]

It's always weird that these "freeze peach absolutism" never seem to notice that death, is the ultimate censorship

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