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Using the word "censor" is inappropriate here because it doesn't distinguish between two very different things: 1) government-imposed silencing of speech by fo
by maxharris 14y ago
Using the word "censor" is inappropriate here because it doesn't distinguish between two very different things:
1) government-imposed silencing of speech by force (this is what "censorship" should mean)
2) a private person or group refusing to be a platform for someone else's speech (the definition of "censorship" should not include this. If it did, you would be "censoring" all those whom you did not assist in being heard.)
Each of us has a right to say whatever we want, but not the right to force others to help us say it.
[This isn't relevant to my point, but I'm very pro-gun. I'm just not pro-force.]