Free speech. The right to express any opinions without censorship or restraint. But it isn't working for everyone. It's mostly favoring the wealthy. The opinions and business dealings of corporate bosses and industry leaders are always in our face. And the reports on their behavior, good and bad, of high profile and very well paid sportsmen. The wealthy power elite have access to all the speech they want, while the rest of us – the disempowered – are silenced. It's practically connected to hate speech.
People who have been victims of other people's free speech: hate speech, racial or religious vilification, physical, sexual and emotional violence. All victims of other people's "free speech" and have a diminished quality of life. Take porn for example. It's not just naughty pictures or movies. It's alarmingly violent towards our communite, pressuring, expecting and demanding anal sex. This is a direct result of other people immersing themselves in pornography. A pornographer named Max Hardcore quoted this sexist remake about women. "Women are much more understanding and aware of their true purpose in life than ever before. That purpose, of course, is to be receptacles of love; in other words, sex dolls." This is free speech for a few and silence for many. Which is why we need is fair speech.
Fair speech is like free speech, but in a more positive way. It allows people to not only speak but have a chance to be heard, even when other don't agree with us. It protects all from speech that is hateful and harmful and affirms that in speaking freely we have a responsibility to our larger community. Meaning the wealthy can't cover up their mistakes, There would be a willingness to look at the issue of pornography from the perspective of harm, rather than user benefit, hate speech would be disallowed under the banner of fair speech, and human dignity, equality, and freedom of both sexes should be honored and protected. Along with race, religion, and class. So which sounds better? "Freedom of speech" or "Fairness of speech"?
