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cjrp • today at 1:40 PM • 7 replies • view on HN

How many of those 30 are unarguably "bad" posts though? Threats of violence and so forth.


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erkt • today at 1:45 PM

250 years ago some people made some bad posts about throwing some tea into the harbor. Calling for revolution isn't a bad post.

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wooger • today at 1:48 PM

I'd argue that nothing is "inarguable"

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liveoneggs • today at 2:05 PM

If 27/30 meet the bar for "bad" is that an acceptable level of policing speech? 19/30?

PowerElectronix • today at 2:12 PM

I dislike harassing, threats, hate speech and everything wrong that people yell to other people.

But I dislike even more that we decide that the solution to it is to pass laws prohibiting speech, and even more that the ones in charge of passing those laws are very incentivised to prohibiting criticism to themselves or their policies or their ideologies.

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testfrequency • today at 1:56 PM

The chronically online anti-uk folks like to turn a blind eye to anything that’s justifiable for matter of principal.

It’s why the US has such a problem with gun control and laws.

I could argue everyone should have guns, and it’s just bad people, right?

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nullbio • today at 2:11 PM

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DiogenesKynikos • today at 2:01 PM

I don't know, but the UK has criminalized expressions of support for Palestine Action.

They're dragging grannies off to prison just for holding up signs, and literally accusing them of supporting terrorism.

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