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Do not say we have free speech in Canada (noraloreto.substack.com)
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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

So is theft and murder and inheritance. We use legal terms in regular parlance all the time.

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ok, and? Regular parlance can be about legal implications too, I've never heard the words "free speech" used in a context with no connection to their legal meaning. Do you have a counter example?

[-] frostbiker@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 year ago

I’ve never heard the words “free speech” used in a context with no connection to their legal meaning. Do you have a counter example?

Yes. The very article in this post.

[-] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

You ever heard of a circular argument?

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