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I don't think "essays" are in great danger of being censored on the internet.

• StavrosK 9y ago
  Call me a romantic!
• sp332 9y ago
  Germany has been raiding homes over Facebook posts. Right now they're considering a law to fine social media companies who don't remove certain posts within 24 hours. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/world/europe/germany-36-accused-of-hateful-postings-over-social-media.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/world/europe/germany-36-a... Twitter already blocks known Nazi accounts in certain countries. https://twitter.com/map/status/869594711991963653 https://twitter.com/map/status/869594711991963653
  • StavrosK 9y ago
    And you don't have true freedom of speech unless you allow speech you disagree with... I wonder how we got to the current "speech is free unless you're someone we don't like" society, and I say this as someone who dislikes Nazis. I want to write a post on tolerance one of these days, and how tolerating things you like isn't really tolerance.
    • schoen 9y ago
      > how tolerating things you like isn't really tolerance This idea was presented in section 1 of https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anythin...
      • StavrosK 9y ago
        Yes, I had read that, it's a very interesting piece. I had some more thoughts on the matter, but that article is definitely worth a read.