Timeline for Is it reasonable for me to complain about an objectionable newspaper being ordered for the office?
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| Dec 1, 2017 at 20:59 | comment | added | Joe | @KonradRudolph. The idea that an employee can state 'I find that offensive, it must not be allowed in the breakroom.' is 100% about free speech. I am not talking about acceptance by the company for allowing it. It is about allowing a person or persons to exclude written materials based on their own opinions. So in essence this question is exactly about banning a publication in a workplace. | |
| Dec 1, 2017 at 18:13 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | @gbjbaanb No: I fully agree with that definition (in particular that it doesn't just concern the government) but that doesn't affect my stance. And stop putting words in my mouth, I do not support banning the publication. The question is not about banning a publication. | |
| Dec 1, 2017 at 17:36 | comment | added | gbjbaanb | @KonradRudolph Freedom of speech as I define it is more than a right granted by government. It's a process that each of us must believe in and fight for. You cannot have free speech in a world where everyone wants to deplatform you, destroy you, discard you, or distort you for what you say. Freedom of speech only works to the extent that people embrace it. The "right" alone is meaningless -- T.J. Kirk so hopefully you see why banning some publications is nothing to do with rights, but still an assault on free speech. | |
| Dec 1, 2017 at 16:48 | comment | added | Konrad Rudolph | “then it is in my opinion a free speech issue” — Why do people keep saying this? It’s simply not the case. Acceptance is not the same as active support. “Free speech” is about rights. Nobody’s rights are being curtailed by deselecting a magazine from the office supply (just as nobody’s rights are being curtailed by including it). | |
| Dec 1, 2017 at 16:35 | history | answered | Joe | CC BY-SA 3.0 |