Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S...
by komali2 on Monday September 11, 2017 @05:25PM
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Regarding 3: it is very easy to create an echo-chamber on reddit. Readers on /r/the_donald can stay on that subreddit, or on a multireddit, and completely ignore mainstream subs. They also rigidly enforce the echo chamber by banning outside perspectives.
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Re:The Efficacy of Reddit’s 2015 Ban Examined Through Hate S...
by fzeroracer on Monday September 11, 2017 @05:45PM
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There is a very deep irony in these subreddits and their champions holding high the banner of free speech while simultaneously exercising their right to censor any dissenting opinions from the purulent conglomeration of hatred.
The sad thing is that when people say they champion free speech for even the most violent and malicious groups of people that means they tacitly support those same groups clamping down on speech they dislike. Because ultimately that is their end goal and you can see it through their actions and speech. A fundamental misunderstanding of what constitutes freedom of speech has led down it being used as a weapon against free speech.