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That at the end is a highly dangerous and paternalistic assumption. Deciding that adults "can't be using their rights responsibly". Seriously it is downright stereotypical CCP justification for shooting and torturing protesters. That said dissent is intrinsically "irresponsible" because of the "potential damage" to the "harmony" of the state.

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The megaphone isn't your right. You're confusing it, again and again, with speech. The megaphone isn't speech, and you aren't entitled to it.

Then I guess the Supreme Court has been very confused for centuries of case law. Because they have had press and speech as synonymous.

I think you have it confused.

You have the right to publish almost whatever you want.

But nobody is required to give you a platform. Whether that platform is a social media site or a stage and a microphone.

I think it's very interesting that you keep mentioning megaphones when one manifestation of whats said in TFA is left wing activists literally shouting down speakers that had been invited to speak at their universities.

What does that have to do with their mention of megaphones?

Because they are using megaphones to do so.

"Freedom of speech" is not "equity of speech" - I think this is all OP is trying to say, and I agree with it.

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