Censorship only makes Martyrs out of idiots. At some point you've got to trust that the majority of people in your community are smart enough to ignore bigotry.

Censorship only makes Martyrs out of idiots. At some point you've got to trust that the majority of people in your community are smart enough to ignore bigotry. I find it hard to believe that reading a racist comment could sway a reasonable human towards racism. People need to see the injustice in the world before they can fight it. If a better community is what people want then the community should choose to fight that battle. I heard Alexis say in a talk once that 'if you treat people like adults, guess what, they treat you like an adult too'. I may be offended or infuriated by the comments I see somewhere but I still want to see them, lest I convince myself that ugliness doesn't exist.