Nem said:
I think theres a middle ground here. Freedom of speech is important, but knowingly deceiving/lying to the public is not. With that said, it's very subject to corruption when you make an institution to classify what is truth and what is not. It would be ideal, but if there is someone disonest in there it would quickly descent into opression. |
Lying isn't protected by free speech especially in more serious matters but people are entitled to their opinions so that can't be used as an excuse to limit free speech. Alot of the people who are against free speech are nonsensical.
In reply to the corruption part, that's what checks and balances are for within the government. Also by preserving our liberties and limiting the scope of the government's power, we ultimately limit what a corrupt person can do. I agree that we need to curtail corruption but that won't happen with people knowingly voting for them.
