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Debate Score:44
Arguments:32
Total Votes:48
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Should freedom of speech be limited

Yes

Side Score: 18
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No

Side Score: 26

Absolutely. Limitless freedom of speech just allows people to be arseholes and/or say things that simply cannot be tolerated. People who speak in support of terrorists for example.

Side: Yes

People who speak in support of terrorists for example.

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. What you are attempting to establish is the restriction of opinion. Free speech comes with it's flaws, but I believe it's pluses outweigh them.

Side: Yes
1 point

There's no way you can call the murder of Lee Rigby, for example, freedom fighting. It was just plain slaughter. Yet freedom of speech allows many in my country to condone it. Nor could you say the Charlie Hebdo murders where freedom fighting. By restricting freedom I would make people behave like decent human beings instead of animals

Side: No
1 point

It already is. In reality there is no such thing as 'carte blanche' freedom of speech. The democratically elected governments of the west may legislate for such a freedom but legislation doesn't deter political and religious low lives such as the Muslim filth who tried to gun down a meeting of cartoonists in America for exercising their right to freedom of expression as American citizens. Try going into Harlem or the Bronx and openly express any anti black feelings you may have and see how long you can talk with a mouthful of teeth and a machete in your back. Reiterating the romantic drivel from naive academics or poets is a million light years from reality. Wakey wakey time to wake up.

Side: Yes

When speech incites rioting or hatred toward others, then freedom of speech should be limited.

Side: Yes
-1 points

Neither option reflects my views. I think free speech is a right, but their should be lmimits on things like threats or slander.

Side: Yes
1 point

If that's your opinion, then you fit in the "yes" category. You can't say "I don't think freedom of speech should be limited except with these limitations." That means you think freedom of speech should be limited.

Side: No
1 point

Fair enough. I do think speech shouild be free and regulated at the same time.

Side: No
3 points

Remember Voltaire

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

Freedom of speech is something we have fought for and achieved. so it would be a retrograde step to set limitations.

What we need, and have in Australia, are laws and acts that protect people from verbal abuse etc that provide consequences for the perpetrators.

Just because we have freedom of speech does not mean we are immune from the consequences if it is offensive

Side: No
3 points

Depends on what you are limiting it for. If you are limiting free speech to spare some simpleton's feelings then no, that is wrong. If you are limiting a person's free speech because they are making slanderous accusations (falsely accusing one of rape or pedophilia) or are trying to cause public panic that endangers or threaten lives (shouting "fire" in a theater or joking about to a bomb in an airport) or are making threats of bodily harm then yes, there is a legitimate role for limitations.

Side: No
3 points

I don't think freedom of speech should be limited. We have the right to speak our mind on whatever is on our minds and what we want to talk about it.

Side: No

I have yet to see a decently intelligent argument against freedom of speech. By restricting a persons right to speech, you are restricting their freedom.

Side: No
1 point

The phrase itself, "freedom of speech" let's people say what they want and it's stupid to limit that because what's the point anymore

Side: No
1 point

Actions have consequences. You are free to say or do anything you want.

Side: No