notchFilter54

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   by notchFilter54 5y ago

   >I know that the Weimar Republic had censorship laws. I made almost the same argument that you are making just 2 months ago: What? The anti-semetic expressions crime thing is a fact, not an argument (I am against censorship laws!). I wa
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   by notchFilter54 5y ago

   We're in agreement, although I might add (2) is essentially the same as the censorship policy in the Weimar Republic under which Hitler was elected, where public censorship was nominally and constitutionally illegal [1] (except in narr
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   by notchFilter54 5y ago

   So who should decide what moderation policies we have for the public? The general populace, who as you say would elect literally Hitler, or the government itself of which Hitler was once a part and used these very moderation mechanisms to
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   by notchFilter54 5y ago

   And your argument is that if the venues hosting Hitler's speeches had Reddit's moderation policies then Hitler would not have been elected?
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   by notchFilter54 5y ago

   I appreciate your honesty in believing the public square is a center of inspiration for mass shootings. I believe quite the opposite. It has been a place for the public to plan self defense, both to organize themselves in defense from natu
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   by notchFilter54 5y ago

   >But you want Reddit to literally adopt 8chan's moderation policy, I want reddit to adopt the public square's policy of allowing any content that isn't illegal, which also happens to be pretty much synonymous with 8chan&#x
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   by notchFilter54 5y ago

   And when you ban misinformation on your platform, that "anti-vaxxer" instead goes to 8chan where by your argument might inspire them to shoot people up.