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>The freedom to spread cheap hate, fake news and bigotry against minorities? Yes. If the speech isn't terrible it doesn't really need advocating for or protect
by austhrow743 7y ago
>The freedom to spread cheap hate, fake news and bigotry against minorities?
Yes. If the speech isn't terrible it doesn't really need advocating for or protecting does it? Arguing for free speech is inextricably linked to arguing for people to be able to say despicable things.
- ForHackernews 7y agoSo by this logic, filtering spam is violating freedom of speech?
- austhrow743 7y agoYou don't need to listen to the terrible things they're saying.
- ForHackernews 7y agoYou don't need to read all the spam that would show up in your inbox if not for those censorious filters!
- jpd- 7y agoThere's a difference between filtering incoming information and preventing someone from sending it in the first place.
- bena 7y agoYour rights stop where mine begin. So you are free to send spam. I'm free to refuse it. I'm not required to transport your junk if I don't want to.
- ForHackernews 7y agoBut Cloudflare should be required to transport 8chan's junk? What exactly are you arguing?