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1 HN user recommended this in 2020, in one comment.
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> But are you OK with you not making money?
Yes, if those incomes are via conning people or inciting hatred. I worked in internet advertising and got out once I could -- that's about as far to the dark side as I've gone.
> Are you OK with subreddits you visit being banned? I'm actually banned in /r/politics for stating that if Stephen Miller died I wouldn't be sad because at least he'd be out of power. Am I ok with that? I think it's a bit extreme but I'm a guest there and so be it.
I'd be bothered by losing any of my subreddits (or FSM help us, HN!), but then again my intake is content isn't based up on hate speech.
> Are you OK with websites you visit being deplatformed? Losing stuff you like is a bummer but c'est la guerre. I miss Kuro5hin.
You worry about the State censoring things but every single example you give is a for-profit enterprises adjusting to market pressures. Do you hate capitalism or what?
> Do you think that you should have more rights than those 45% who believe in ghosts, or what?
WTF? I never implied anything like that -- I implied that there's a lot of stupid people out there. Do I have the right to do that?
You also conveniently ignore the dangers of hate speech and frame this all as "people don't get to say nice things about T. because those mean libtards won't let them".
Are you familiar with the concept of stochastic terrorism? One simple example: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/22/533941689...
Are you aware that in America, decades of right-wing hate speech has conditioned half of the country to hate the other half, to the point where "I'd rather be Russian than a Democrat" -- https://www.amazon.com/Rather-Russian-Than-Democrat-T-shirt/....
Because I believe in "free speech" I'm not comfortable with having the government come in and shut them down. FFS, I understand that can go both ways. But it's nuanced and simplifying it the way you have borders on disingenuous.
As for not giving money to the companies that pay for that hate to be spread (and encouraging others to do the same -- free speech too, buddy), yes, I'm absolutely fine with that. Why don't you explain to me how that's government censorship. And while you're at it, why don't you explain to me how you think hate speech is good for society?