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scorpion41 posted...

Except thats the very definition of censorship. You can read/listen to my views, but I wont allow you to express yours! Were it a forum run by a government entity, this would violate the first amendment.

Now if theyre actually using hate speech and calling for genocide of certain groups then the ban is certainly warranted. Being supportive of Trump and the drone strike that killed a known terrorist hardly falls under either.

I mean, T_D has done all of that a fair bit. Supporting Trump is hardly the most offensive thing that goes on there. You literally can't get to the subreddit without directly searching for it anymore. You can disagree with the mod's specific reasoning, but its also a miracle reddit hasn't totally banned them yet.

I'm in Canada, so I can't say for certain, but in the Canadian charter of rights and Freedoms (basically our constitution) the first thing in it says "if you use your rights to hurt others rights, you don't get those rights" and I'm sure the constitution has something similar within it.

So if a person using their free speech to spread hate and hurt other groups takes away the victim's right to safety or to not be discriminated against, the second person's rights to safety are more important, and the first person loses their right to free speech.

It's not "you can't express your opinion because I disagree" its "you can't express your opinion because your opinion is hateful and dangerous towards other people and their right to safety is more important"