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Comment by throwawaysea

Looking at all the downvotes in this discussion is telling. There are many who are so radicalized on the left at this point, that they literally fear and dislike the open exchange of ideas. Free societies are durable over the long term when they protect these rights at all times, for all people, for all ideologies. As a rule of thumb, if the speech in question is not advocating for direct physical violence, it should be permitted.

It is especially important to understand this today, when large privately-owned platforms carry so much discourse across society, since censorship and deplatforming in those spaces has the same impact as governmental censorship, for most intents and purposes.

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