Live data from Hacker News

FSE meets the FBI

blog.freespeechextremist.com

11–20 of 159 posts

Re: FSE meets the FBI

#16
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article technically does have a TLDR in the second paragraph, though not directly labelled.

Third paragraph.

No, the second paragraph contains the TL;DR (summary) being referenced.

The word TLDR appears in the third paragraph, but the summary it refers to is in the second paragraph, starting with the words "To summarize, ..."

https://blog.freespeechextremist.com/blog/fse-vs-fbi.html#:~...

Re: FSE meets the FBI

#17

FSE {free speech extremists}, why would one have to be an extremist in country where free speech is enshrined in its Constitutional Law.

"Extremist" is just a pejorative variant of "radical". I assume they're using it tongue-in-cheek.

When it comes to speech, it's really not hard to imagine positions that would have been controversial at any point in the history of the US. That doesn't mean you can't hold them, but others don't need to agree, and that's how you end up with labels of this sort.

Re: FSE meets the FBI

#18

FSE {free speech extremists}, why would one have to be an extremist in country where free speech is enshrined in its Constitutional Law.

A feature of extremists is that they tend to support one cause over all others. They see no room for compromise or balancing of concerns. A breathing extremist may prioritize breathing over eating food and drinking water which are also important for survival.

While, from an immediacy standpoint, breathing is the higher priority, if you prioritize breathing continuously to the exclusion of drinking and eating, you will have problems on the 3-5 day and 8-21 day horizons.

Post reply on HN