Quotessence
Home / Topics / Freedom Of Speech Or Freedom Quotes

Freedom Of Speech Or Freedom Quotes

Browse 2 quotes about Freedom Of Speech Or Freedom.

Freedom Of Speech Or Freedom Quotes

“People often create fake, catfish, or anonymous accounts to go online and say harmful things. Sometimes they do this to express their true feelings, but often it's just clickbait to provoke others, gain attention, or chase clout. They become comfortable behind the screen until they eventually cross legal boundaries. When they're caught by authorities, they start shouting that the government or president is a dictator, claiming their freedom of speech is being violated. They argue that they're being arrested for social media activity while serious crimes go unpunished. But when you look at their posts, they contain racism, hate speech, incitement to violence, defamation, treasonous remarks, incriminating content, misinformation, cyberbullying, and unethical behavior. Anonymity does not give you the right to break the law. You're not as hidden as you think. One day, your actions will catch up with you”

“Why is it still called freedom of speech when people are threatened, violated, harassed, killed, or punished for speaking their mind and telling the truth? How can it be considered free speech when people have paid for it with their lives, careers, dignity, social media accounts, visas, passports, jobs, and even their ID cards? When you speak the truth, you are targeted, sanctioned, denied or stripped of a visa, deported, flagged on social media, banned, suppressed, cancelled, or fired. How can it be called freedom of speech if I am only allowed to repeat the script they give me? If I must choose my words from their approved list? I am allowed to say only the good things about them, but I cannot speak about the wrong things they do. They are free to say what they want, but I am not free to say what I want, I can only say what they want. How, then, can this be called freedom of speech? Is it freedom or is it controlled, policed speech?”