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Comment by foobandit

You don't need to go back in history to see this. In many countries where such speech laws exist today, they're used by majority groups in order to stop minority groups from speaking out publicly about injustices. This is common in Asian countries right now.

Regardless, censorship on the internet is inherently ineffective. If this speech is banned from Facebook, it will move to other forums. If it's made illegal, it will move to the "dark web".

The only real solution to combat this sort of thinking is to debate it directly, refuting arguments rather than shutting them down entirely.

parent foobandit 7 years ago

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