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It's fine for people to not want to read things online. What's not fine is giving them the power to prevent those things from being written.

• s73ver_ 9y ago
  In the cases I listed above, I cannot agree. I think it is perfectly fine to prevent rape threats from being written. I don't believe things like that fall under free speech. And while we're on the subject of preventing speech, realize that, if you're of the mind that we should allow those things, you're not preventing speech from being silenced. You're just changing the speech that is silenced. Someone who is constantly bombarded with racism or violent threats online is less likely to contribute their voice to conversation.
  • gozur88 9y ago
    There's a big difference between "I stopped contributing because people said things that upset me" and "I got arrested for saying something." I don't accept the premise that people who are upset by what they read are somehow shut out of the conversation.
    • s73ver_ 9y ago
      Yet, they are. And as for the "I was arrested for saying something," I think that can be pretty disingenuous, given that "something" can range from "All (ethnic group) are a bunch of (ethnic slur)" to violent threats. I don't believe the first one should be an arrestable offense, but I don't believe that either of them have a place in polite society.