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I support free speech. I will fight misinformation with facts and argumentation. Not with censorship. If a media of any kind starts to filter what I can see, I

by linkdd 5y ago

I support free speech. I will fight misinformation with facts and argumentation. Not with censorship. If a media of any kind starts to filter what I can see, I will loose trust in that media. Being blind to the opposing side, and being stuck in a bubble where everyone agrees with me is the perfect place for misinformation to spread. > And political posts and comments on HN are everywhere There is a difference between "i think that ... because ..." (expressing yourself) and "we should censor/attack/cancel ... because they are the bad guys" (propaganda).

PolandKid 5y ago
It's good to support free speech, but this is not a case where free speech is being limited. What we have here is bots utilizing platforms with a specific aim. In this case, it's a specific comment plugin (Disqus) on specific government-related site (RT.com) that's being used to facilitate a firehose of propaganda. As Garry Kasparov says: "The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth."