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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by lordlimecat on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @01:43PM (#15240662)
It takes some serious cojones to declare your support of the principles of free speech upon which western democracy is built, and then when someone points out your hypocrisy in censoring declare "Im not violating the law!!!!"

No. You're not. You're just (legally) attacking the principles upon which your society is built.

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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by Toboe on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @07:43PM (#15243790)
Are you sure that western democracy is build on an interpretation of "free speech" that means having to host nazis?

Western democracies like Germany, the Netherlands, or Canada (to name a non-european democracy) might disagree there.

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Re:The Terrifying Power of Internet Censors by cr0sh on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:06PM (#15242087)
> You're just (legally) attacking the principles upon which your society is built.

The US government, by the first amendment, can't legally censor your speech.

That doesn't mean they have to give you a bullhorn, a soapbox, and a corner to stand on, though.

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