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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by berrynice on Sunday April 28, 2019 @11:57AM (#19771792)
>Belief in free speech as a principle assumes that good and right arguments will win out every day in an open public forum.

This is demonstrably not the case. Just look at the chans.

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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by pmarreck on Monday April 29, 2019 @10:25AM (#19778596)
If you don’t believe in free speech on principle, I’m sure China and North Korea will take you, because you don’t belong in a Western democracy
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by berrynice on Monday April 29, 2019 @01:33PM (#19780541)
I believe in the freedom of the people I agree with to speak, this argument is obviously absurd.
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by 8note on Sunday April 28, 2019 @07:45PM (#19774624)
which is demonstrably not true? that belief in free speech assumes the right arguments winning, or that the right arguments win?
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by berrynice on Monday April 29, 2019 @01:34PM (#19780556)
That the right arguments win.
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by fzeroracer on Sunday April 28, 2019 @06:42PM (#19774204)
Hell, we can look at Voat and Gab as well for example of sites where absolute free speech as a principle has failed to result in any sort of good outcome.

Conveniently these sites are ignored or handwaved away or are somehow only because of censorship.

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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by berrynice on Sunday April 28, 2019 @07:12PM (#19774420)
Yeah I used to use Voat right after /r/conspiracy started getting scared, things were civil and small scale and I had some fruitful discussions, that went to hell once the racist subs started getting hit.
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