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    1 year ago

    And that is another reason why you can’t have unmoderated social media. Some things are simply not allowed, for better.

    I’ve seen this a million times. Your little “for better” will almost certainly morph into including things you don’t like given time.

    You construct a strawman of the worst cases and then whittle away and lower the bar until there is no free speech not only in absolutes, but also in practice where people’s ability to share and discuss honest opinions are also shut down.

    A website that prompts free speech will do so in principal, not in absolutes. Seeking to preserve as much back as forth discussion as possible and reluctantly moderating where it’s necessary.

    Posts like yours are justifications in opposition of that sort of practical free speech, disguised as reasonable by associating free speech with stuff like leaking confidential information.