• @FelixCress@lemmy.world
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    It isn’t - unless your comment applies just to the USA, otherwise read the UN definition of freedom of speech.

    Are you a another USian by any chance? I noticed people from USA have completly skewed definition of freedom of speech which may partially explain why Trump is able to get away with his constant lies.

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        Are you a little bit slow?

        Freedom of speech does not cover lies. It doesn’t mean lies are illegal - it only means they are NOT protected under the freedom of speech - which means they can be banned or made illegal if individual states decides to do so.

        Furthermore there is plethora of situations in which lies are illegal in multiple countries. As a matter of example, in the UK lying when you are selling something is called “fraudulent misrepresentation” and it is a criminal offence.

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          Tell me where scientists are prosecuted for having got a theory wrong

          Tell me where meteorologists routinely are prosecuted

          I already mentioned the obvious exceptions (lying to cause certain types of harm) but few western countries allow penalties for anything outside those exceptions

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            Tell me where scientists are prosecuted for having got a theory wrong

            Tell me where meteorologists routinely are prosecuted

            Are you more than a little bit slow?

            Do you see the difference between “lies NOT protected” and “lies criminalised”? And BTW I just gave you an example of a criminalised lie.

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              So you’re admitting you didn’t read any of my comments, and that you don’t understand that only very narrow types of lies are criminalized while the vast majority are not

              Hint: read my first comment again

              And then again

              And then again, and notice the parentheses this time. Then ask somebody to explain it to you.

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                And then again, and notice the parentheses this time. Then ask somebody to explain it to you.

                For fuck sake. Let me tell you one thing: you are an idiot - not a name calling, just a realistic assessment of your intellectual capabilities.

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                  Told you that you should’ve asked someone to explain