WIGSF vs Free Speech

This is a post I’ve been trying to write for years now. I’m going to give it another try.

Free speech is something that is held up in the modern western world as a good thing. Some sort of unalienable right. But I disagree. I don’t think free speech is a great thing anymore. I think it has become perverted by those who wish to do more harm than good.

I understand that free speech is needed to oust fascist megalomaniacs from their tyrannical power, but once that fascist megalomaniac has been stripped of his power, is it still needed? This is where the free speech advocates pipe up with “We need it to prevent another such tyrant from coming to power.” To those people I say “Lay off the weed, it’s making you paranoid.”

I prefer to think that the average person in this world really doesn’t care about who’s in charge and how they rule, just so long as that average person can make a decent living, live a long life and be happy. It doesn’t matter to that average person whether or not he can say “I hate the president.” If that average person’s needs are being met, who cares if the president is corrupt.

In today’s modern world, people are spouting awful things and getting away with it because they can hide behind free speech. Take me for example, I’ve said some awful things. I’ve pissed off people, some deliberately. I’ve referred to women as those wacky little gremlins on the airplane of life. I’ve advocated for things that many people feel should be outlawed, if not already are outlawed. I shouldn’t be able to get away with half the junk I say and write. Seriously, show of hands, how many people think I’ve said things that shouldn’t be said?

What bugs me most about free speech is that some people are allowed to say certain words without fear of reprisal, while others are repremanded for saying those words. I, of course, am referring to the N word. This is a word with a horrible connotation. I don’t think it is ever appropriate to say the N word. But because I have the freedom to say this word, I will say it here, or in this case, write it. Okay, here goes, Nickelback. There I said it. Due to the flawed nature of free speech, I can write that word, I can say that word and it would be a violation of my civil rights for me to be punished for writing that word.

So you tell me, is it fair to the world that I can write that word and not be punished. It is an awful word that should be striken from existance.

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Yes, I understand the irony of me exercising my free speech to rant about the wrongs of free speech.