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You are posting an unpopular position, and are going to get flamed for it by people who won't articulate why they think you're wrong. For what it's worth, I th

You are posting an unpopular position, and are going to get flamed for it by people who won't articulate why they think you're wrong. For what it's worth, I think you're right about the common-carrier argument. If that's not the argument you're making, disregard my support. A lot of these folks, in their reasonable zeal to prevent somebody on the internet having their feelings hurt or being made to feel scared, are ignoring the global costs to their chosen fuck-you-got-mine strategies of selective communications. A minority would be even happy to let, say, a misogynist with a cure for cancer be panned or banned irrespective of their other positive qualities. They can be hard to reason with.

exstudent 12y ago
It's difficult, and it's why I think a project like Tor should stay out of polarizing political movements. The reason I can't support feminism (outside the scope of this article but relevant to the discussion) is not the end goal of equality for men and women (of course any reasonable person would want that!) but the tactics of baseless accusations, and silencing the opposition. All disagreement becomes "harassment", all divergent opinions are labeled regressive. Look no further than this thread, people that don't agree with Tor's move are down voted to oblivion or subject to personal attacks. This style of aggressive, speech quelching rhetoric is extra dangerous when applied to a tool like Tor IMO.