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  • As an example of how the fourth tenant might work, say that I tell you that your comment offends me. What would you think?

    Do you have the right to say what you said?

    Should you be forbidden from saying it?

    Should I have the expectation that you take down your comment?

    You probably answered “yes”, “no”, “no” because you don’t see your comment as offensive. You may even find my assertion that your comment is offensive to, itself, be offensive. What do we do the?

    Without the right to offend we get into a lot of unending arguments where each person asserts offense and both may actually be right!


  • I think you are misunderstanding the fourth tenant. It means that you are free to cause offense to others so long as that offense doesn’t infringe on anyone else’s freedoms. As soon as you infringe on someone else’s freedoms, you have given up your claim to your freedoms and should expect reprisal in some form.