Facebook users in Romania see content related to street protests reviewed

Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by nkurz on Monday November 27, 2017 @07:23PM (#15793119)

And censoring anyone who speaks of it, even if it is in an exaggerated way, is probably better in the long run than letting it fester until it really blows up with much more force.

I'm guessing that this was mangled in an edit and some essential word was left out. Or are you saying censorship is the opposite of "letting it fester", and that if we can prevent issues from being spoken about we can prevent them from ever exploding?

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Re:Facebook users in Romania see content related to street p... by hiram112 on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @02:09AM (#15795093)

Oh thanks - I did edit it, leaving it even more confusing.

I think censoring ideas will lead to groups moving to echo chambers where whatever issue they have, is magnified into something far more absurd than the original issue probably is. And that inevitably leads to violence.

It's better for society to allow open debate, even if its uncomfortable, than to just ban users or groups, make ad-hominem attacks, and hope it goes away.

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