The Paradox of Freedom of Speech or Paradox of Free Speech states that if a society has unrestricted freedom of speech, its ability to have unrestricted freedom of speech is going to normalize prejudices, discrimination and hate speech and eventually being seized or destroyed by the prejudiced, intolerants and discriminatory people. This paradox is considered an evolution of the Paradox of Tolerance, and it is used mainly for study how mass media, internet and videogames actually normalize prejudices, discriminations and hate speech.
"An example about how the Paradox of Freedom of Speech actually works is that Trump got his Twitter account deleted, it opens the discussion about the paradox of freedom of speech and the paradox of tolerance, both together as one."
"It's a big issue to discuss about the paradox of freedom of speech, since we cannot control hate speech, prejudices, discriminations and intolerances that easy, it would be necessary more deep studies about how to fight those without become absolutist or something like that."
"It's a big issue to discuss about the paradox of freedom of speech, since we cannot control hate speech, prejudices, discriminations and intolerances that easy, it would be necessary more deep studies about how to fight those without become absolutist or something like that."
by Full Monteirism January 10, 2021
Get the Paradox of Freedom of Speechmug. The effect where the more children are prohibited from doing things, the more curious and rebellious they will become. Conversely, when they're given complete trust, they will learn to take responsibility.
The paradox of freedom is evident when my parents tried to restrict my late-night outings; the more they said no, the more I wanted to sneak out and rebel!
by Emotional Cruiser November 15, 2025
Get the paradox of freedommug.