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Voltaire didn’t live in a time of algorithmically influenced news cycles. Things have changed a bit. He might no longer be right.
by king_magic 7y ago
Voltaire didn’t live in a time of algorithmically influenced news cycles. Things have changed a bit. He might no longer be right.
- mcv 7y agoAside from that, there's an important difference between expressing an opinion, and creating an atmosphere and culture of hate and/or violence. There are things you're not allowed to say because they endanger lives, like threatening people, blackmailing people, or slandering people. Spreading intolerance and hatred directed at specific demographic groups has also been shown to endanger those people, so banning that is absolutely defensible.