I think you misremember the internet. There were and are still very few places on the internet (outside of hosting your own platform) where you can post whatev

I think you misremember the internet. There were and are still very few places on the internet (outside of hosting your own platform) where you can post whatever you want without recourse. No woodworking forum would allow a thread of "black man assaulting asians on the subway". You wouldn't see "jews stealing money" in comp.lang.perl. Removing a submission from your own website that goes against the spirit of the site is not censorship any more than cleaning swastika graffiti off your front door is censorship.