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Re:Patreon is about to eat itself by ConceptJunkie on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @11:36AM (#19096607)
OK, but our First Amendment allows Nazis to speak freely in this country. No one likes that, except the Nazis, but does that make us all collaborators?
Re:Patreon is about to eat itself by normal_man on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @11:39AM (#19096644)
It allows them to speak without legal repercussions from the government. The first amendment doesn't say "Patreon has to allow any hateful dipshit to use their service"
Re:Patreon is about to eat itself by ConceptJunkie on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:47PM (#19098276)
You're reading me completely backwards. If Patreon are collaborators for allowing Nazis to use their platform, then are we collaborators for allowing Nazis to have free speech in our country?

If the answer to the first is "yes", then why is the answer to the second "no"?

Re:Patreon is about to eat itself by StellarTabi on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @12:48PM (#19097589)
https://xkcd.com/1357/ doesn't mean patreon has to host it
Re:Patreon is about to eat itself by ConceptJunkie on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @01:47PM (#19098278)
I never suggested it did.
Re:Patreon is about to eat itself by iron0013 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @02:51PM (#19099103)
You did though, by invoking the first amendment, which really doesn't apply in this context.