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If it's ok in neither case then you agree in the purpose of regulation of speech/censorship.
by Tanjreeve 3y ago
If it's ok in neither case then you agree in the purpose of regulation of speech/censorship.
- dang 3y agoA general argument about that would be a red herring. The point is that you broke HN's rules badly, and we have to ban accounts that do that, so please don't do it again.
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- Tanjreeve 3y agoI don't make a habit of it. But if someone illustrating why hate speech is bad falls foul of the same rule banning actual hate speech then it seems like there's a pretty flawed rule somewhere
- dang 3y agoYou'd be surprised how often people make that argument to justify breaking the rules - e.g. that they were just calling attention to someone else's badness. From a moderation point of view, that issue is orthogonal. You can "illustrate" without breaking HN's rules, and that's fine. But if you break the rules, we have to moderate, whether you were "illustrating" or not.