China banned letter N from internet after people used it to attack Xi Jinping

Re:China banned letter N from internet after people used it ... by landryraccoon on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:17AM (#16483951)

Isn’t the more important question, if you disagree with someone and had the power to censor them, would you do it?

Unless people believe in free speech even when it benefits points of view they disagree with, its future in society is in peril. Nobody wants opinions they like to be censored, it’s much more difficult to say that the NRA or religious fundamentalists should have the same protected right of speech as everyone else.

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Re:China banned letter N from internet after people used it ... by liberte82 on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:28AM (#16484066)

Democracy requires shared values. It's what allows us to disagree in a civil manner. Once values become divergent enough, democracy is no longer really possible because accepting the outcome of losing becomes intolerable.

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Re:China banned letter N from internet after people used it ... by tannerwj on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @11:27AM (#16484054)

Exactly. We don't need protections for the speech we like. Free speech exists for the speech we don't like.

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