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Comment by nickthemagicman

I would argue that your argument is nice in theory, nonsense in practicality.

Who decides what speech is hateful or violent and should be limited? You, me, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un ?

How easy is it to label something as hateful and ban it? Very easy.

That's the flaw in your argument, the human element.

The revolution to create America had violent and hateful speech towards the British crown.

Private companies can do what they want, but in public sphere the parent poster was right free speech exists to enable dissent, not support the status quo.

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