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> we are losing sight of why freedom of speech is important which is insane to me.

I'm with you. Its very difficult to find people like you who think practically and consider side-effects, etc.

I'm curious as to whether this has changed over time. And how could the founding fathers have such foresight.

Where have all the thinkers gone?

They learned to self censor, lest they be shouted down and branded for heresy by the left wing ideologues with an axe to grind.

...or be branded as "brain-washed" dupes of lame-stream media by right wing ideologues with a meme-generator.

everyone's shouting past each other.

There is no symmetry here. The left has captured most education, media and government organizations.

> Where have all the thinkers gone?

Isn't it obvious? They've been censored. Matt Lauer can't even ask legitimate questions about Clinton's private email server without being publicly censured for being a "bad" journalist.

What a joke.

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