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[Hawk]

For some of us, the least amount of government interference in our lives is akin to being more free. The more there is government involvement in telling us what to say, how to act and what to do, the less freedom there is. So...from that aspect I agree heartily with him, the internet is one of the last true bastions of the free, with the ability to have your say with a certain amount of anonymity that provides a blanket of protection from the government.

Who else do you really require 'freedom of speech' from other than your government? If your government gets to tell you what's considered 'free speech' and what's considered 'hate speech' you're already half way down the road to tyranny.

Freedom of speech is a good thing. It allows us as humans to become everything we were meant to be without the government or anyone else trying to curtail that. This is "freedom from".....Freedom from oppression, tyranny, and unjust persecution. This is something to which we are all entitled.

Some believe that freedom simply means being able to do whatever I want to do as an individual regardless of how it affects other individuals. This is "freedom for" This beliefs also cries out that any attempt to stop me from doing anything that makes me happy is bad.

You see, I'm not saying that freedom of speech is bad in any way. There is however an important distinction to be made in the way we view freedom. These are two very different things.

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