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Van Badham on Qanon and On

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Is the Free Speech Absolutism of the Internet Really Central to a Progressive Ideology?

The libertarianism of free speech politics is really central to a progressive ideological identity. And i've got to say, my adventures on the intenete over the past few years have had a massive, they've really dented my idealism. The idea that if you allow an environment in which ironic racism, for example, or ironic homepobre, or any other kind of ironic hatred is accepted currency like there is nothing to stop them. Does that mean that there is a normalization of that language and that rhetoric? Yes. We're seeing that in melbourne. You don't threaten to kill the premier, if if you're pro democracy like it's a, it's an

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