> The difference I tried to explain is the difference between dumb and unskilled. We as a society don't value the skills of information and media literacy and those skills are withering in the population at large. We could easily address this problem if we chose to do so.
I understand the distinction you were trying to explain, but I don't see how it's relevant. You're still saying "we as a society" can't do the critical democratic task of making good choices based on available information, because we're "unskilled" at information or something.
To repeat noego's original question: If that's how you feel about the average person, why do you still favor democracy?
> It is winning, hate crime rates are climbing
That's a pretty broad definition of "winning". Antisemitic ideas and actions have gone from a small minority far from the mainstream, to a slightly less small minority far from the mainstream. This is the catastrophe that you're willing to sacrifice freedom of speech to avert?
I understand the distinction you were trying to explain, but I don't see how it's relevant. You're still saying "we as a society" can't do the critical democratic task of making good choices based on available information, because we're "unskilled" at information or something.
To repeat noego's original question: If that's how you feel about the average person, why do you still favor democracy?
> It is winning, hate crime rates are climbing
That's a pretty broad definition of "winning". Antisemitic ideas and actions have gone from a small minority far from the mainstream, to a slightly less small minority far from the mainstream. This is the catastrophe that you're willing to sacrifice freedom of speech to avert?