Take the example "newspaper publishes what people claim is lies, people complain". If the newspaper is wrong, it's a good thing that people complain and get the

Take the example "newspaper publishes what people claim is lies, people complain". If the newspaper is wrong, it's a good thing that people complain and get the lies stopped. If the newspaper is right, it's a bad thing that people complain and get the truth they dislike stopped. (An ideal in both cases would be that rational discussion is able to have lies disproved). The "I want to hear awful ideas" is a cynical belief that it's possible for society to be deluded, and suppress important truths that they don't like. I don't think this necessarily means "no moderation anywhere, ever"; although I think it does mean "don't want total moderation everywhere". I think it's more complex than that. It's just possible that by moderating away unpleasant things, truths are lost. - Reddit's apparently decided it no longer wants to host its most awful subreddits.