Nick Harkaway

I'm not an absolutist about free speech. Intellectually, I believe that most of the time it's better to let things get said, argue them, and put lies and stupidities to rest. Practically, I know that newspapers rarely issue corrections with the same prominence they give to denouncements - and Twitter, by its nature, never does.

English Novelist

Tristram Stuart

Of course, I prefer organic farming to chemical-dependent farming, but sometimes absolutist organic prescriptions go too far. I don't even rule out the possibility of genetic modification generating some benign ideas, as long as we can keep them away from monopolists such as Monsanto.

English Author

Liz Williams

Some religious practitioners make absolutist claims for their beliefs: I've no interest in doing this, nor do I have any interest in converting people, which is doubtless a relief to anyone who has feared finding me on their doorstep asking if they'd like to know more about Odin.

British Author

Scott Gottlieb

When gene therapy was believed to harbor latent risks, research was largely put on hold until the risks were better understood. Sometimes, the theoretical risks have led to a principle of absolutist precaution that impedes progress.

American Public Servant

Bill Kristol

I'm absolutist on Trump. He shouldn't be president. We should limit the damage he can do as president. And we should try as hard as we can to prevent him from being renominated or reelected.

American Politician

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Colonel Qaddafi's tyranny was absolutist, monarchical, and personal. The problem with such dictatorships is that as long as the tyrant lives, he reigns and terrorizes.

British Historian

Stephen Miller

The Democratic Party is at grave risk of completely marginalizing itself from the American voters by continuing to lean into its absolutist anti-enforcement positions.

Fredrick Brennan

You have to be a free speech absolutist if you want to be an 8chan admin because if you're anything else, you're gonna get burned at the stake.

Kat Timpf

As both a First Amendment absolutist and as an American, I want to keep our government as far away from our press as possible.

American Writer

The term often relates to extreme political views opposing compromise or moderate ideas.

Political stance

An absolutist may disregard others' opinions, believing their own to be inherently correct.

Uncompromising belief

Understand the context as 'absolutist' can have different connotations in history, ethics, or politics.

Context matters

An absolutist leader or government holds all power, often without legal or electoral checks.

Total control

Absolutist governments are typically associated with suppressing opposition and controlling freedoms.

Oppression possible

Absolutist describes a system where power isn't divided among different branches or shared.

No power sharing

 um is extremely important to the future of civilization but you've described yourself i don't care about the economics at all okay that's that's core to hear you this is not about the economics it's for the the moral good that you think will achieve you you've described yourself elon as a free speech absolutist

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 Your lie would pave the way for a potentially happy relationship. And if taking an action will create a better outcome for everyone involved, that’s normally a pretty good reason to take it. But isn't it morally wrong to lie? The absolutist position on lying,

Absolutist

Political stance

Uncompromising belief

Context matters

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