The position
Free speech should have limits
Most people agree with that statement. Below is the strongest counter-argument an AI built to disagree could write — without softening, hedging, or backing down.
Counteraxiom argues against
The argument that speech should have limits assumes the limits will be drawn by reasonable people, against unreasonable speech. History is uncooperative. Speech restrictions have, almost without exception, ended up policing the political minority at the time of their creation — pacifists, civil-rights organisers, gay-rights pioneers, religious dissidents.
The specific harms cited to justify new limits — incitement, harassment, defamation, threats — are already illegal under speech-neutral laws that long predate the internet. Adding a layer of content-based restrictions on top of those doesn't deter the worst actors (they ignore the law) but does deter ordinary citizens from saying ordinary things they're now unsure are legal.
The people most damaged by a permissive speech regime are public figures who get criticised more loudly. The people most protected are dissidents, whistleblowers, and the unpopular. Be very careful what you trade for what.
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