• FakeGreekGirl@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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    7 months ago

    I mean, for me, it means both. I’m a big believer in FDR’s concept of four freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.

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        7 months ago

        Personally, I kinda roll Freedom of Expression into Freedom of Speech. Because any form of expression is essentially speech, even if it doesn’t use words to speak.

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            7 months ago

            I would disagree. How you dress, how you present, how you act, these are all things that speak without words. I would call those speech.

            Truthfully, though, if I were coining the phrase, I would have said “freedom of expression” and “freedom of thought” instead of “freedom of speech” and “freedom of worship”. Both of those are broader categories that encapsulate the concepts FDR articulated. After all, what is worship but conceptualizing the deep thoughts about where the universe came from, and finding a community of like minded folks?

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          any form of expression is essentially speech, even if it doesn’t use words to speak.

          That’s exactly the rationale behind the citizens united ruling

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        Yeah, most people in history say amazing things and then turn out to be fucking monsters. Especially in American history.

        But just because they’re awful fucking hypocrites doesn’t mean what they said has no value.

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          But just because they’re awful fucking hypocrites doesn’t mean what they said has no value.

          Fair enough.i also think it’s fair to mention what a dickbag he was every time his name comes up.