Parent comment didn't say they were ideas that "need defending in a free society", or anything about freedom. He just said that censoring them might have negati

Parent comment didn't say they were ideas that "need defending in a free society", or anything about freedom. He just said that censoring them might have negative consequences. I don't know if it's correct in this case. But I know that in general, people see censorship as validation of the ideas being censored, and also as a rallying flag for something to be angry about.