Free Speech Social Media

Started by prime, Jan 21, 2024, 12:09 PM

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prime


QuoteWhat makes a server "freezepeach"?

Broadly speaking, servers whose anti-authoritarian operators take a principled stance on freedom of expression.

QuoteI disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
    -Voltaire

Freezepeach servers are operated by individuals who do not censor user posts for reasons that are, under Section 230, defined as "otherwise objectionable".

http://freezepeach.social/

Unless everything can be said, nothing can be fully said.


prime

QuoteIn ancient Athens, the agora was a public forum where citizens could gather to deliberate, disagree and decide together. It was governed by deep-rooted social principles that ensured lively, inclusive, healthy debate.

In Athens, isegoria referred to the right to speak, but it did not stop at mere entitlement or access. It signaled a shared responsibility, a commitment to fairness, and the idea that public life should not be governed by the powerful alone.

The term parrhesia can be defined as boldness or freedom in speaking. Again, there is nuance; parrhesia is not reckless candor, but ethical courage. It referred to the duty to speak truthfully, even when that truth provoked discomfort or danger.

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-ancient-athens-debate-dissent-social.html