For the most part, defending free speech. It’s been watered down to be interpreted as “speech I agree with”.
Polarization fed by poor education fed by poverty in the US over the last few decades has left people believing in false dichotomies; if you’re not with me you’re against me. See it on Lemmy a lot actually, people being nervous when you don’t clearly support or agree with them and then get defensive as they assume you must be “the other” group.
We live in a world now where money and scale supporting shitty and /or dangerous ideas hardly make it the traditional town square of ideas though. I have my own internal struggles with it.
For the most part, defending free speech. It’s been watered down to be interpreted as “speech I agree with”.
Polarization fed by poor education fed by poverty in the US over the last few decades has left people believing in false dichotomies; if you’re not with me you’re against me. See it on Lemmy a lot actually, people being nervous when you don’t clearly support or agree with them and then get defensive as they assume you must be “the other” group.
We live in a world now where money and scale supporting shitty and /or dangerous ideas hardly make it the traditional town square of ideas though. I have my own internal struggles with it.