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I think considering it an actual belief in "free speech" is giving them too much credit. It's a shield the hateful hide behind, that's all. The people screaming
by normal_man 8y ago
I think considering it an actual belief in "free speech" is giving them too much credit. It's a shield the hateful hide behind, that's all. The people screaming loudest about free speech are more than happy to shut down the rights of others.
- colpabar 8y ago> The people screaming loudest about free speech are more than happy to shut down the rights of others. Do you have an example of this?
- belltaco 8y agoCheck the heavy handed moderation on subreddits like the /r/conservative and /r/the_donald. The former has many threads that are marked "conservatives only" which auto delete any comments from anyone not tagged as conservative by mods. t_d will just delete your comments and ban you if you dare to speak out against Trump. And all this is not even counting the downvotes you get for speaking your mind in rightwing or alt right places.
- ConceptJunkie 8y agoJust try to make a comment that's even somewhat balanced in /r/politics, which is a cesspool of intolerant lefties who can't stand any disagreement or debate. Note, this is not /r/liberalpolitics, or /r/progressivepolitics, but /r/politics, and yet it is an extremely one-sided exercise in herd behavior.