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Lopen posted...

Freedom of speech doesn't apply here, really. It's not as if Blizzard is against the guy saying it and actively trying to censor him through whatever neutral vehicle he wants to use.

But when you use their show as a platform for your agenda they should be able to stop you no matter what the message is.

Like if some guest were to come into your stream while you're playing some Dark Souls game you hate for the 48th time and preach the virtues of I don't know the KKK you would be justified in removing the content from your channel and never inviting the guy on your stream again.

To be clear I disagree with what they did, as it was clearly excessive and caught the casters who deserved nothing as well. But they should have done something about it. A ban from a tournament or two followed by a warning to not do stuff like this in the future would have been more reasonable.

I think the nature of the content matters, though.

Suppose Maria is doing her Dark Souls stream and she has a clearly displayed rule: "Don't start shit in the chat." Some guy comes in preaching the virtues of the KKK. She bans him. I would say "good job banning that asshole."

But suppose some guy comes in protesting the Hong Kong situation. She bans him. I would say, "uh, what? He said nothing wrong?" It's the same situation EXCEPT I agree with guy #2 so I disagree with his banning.

Obviously (1) Maria has the right to control what's on her stream and (2) guy #2 broke a rule (it's such a vague rule, you could construe most things as being against the rule if you really wanted). So she was within her rights. I just think it's wrong to want to ban pro-HK-protester talk given what we know of the situation over there.
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