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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by bobdole12345 on Sunday April 28, 2019 @07:04PM (#19774360)
Education. The world is radically more educated than in the past.

That's not a product of free speech, it's a product of teaching people how to evaluate thoughts they come across in the wild.

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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by aetherson on Sunday April 28, 2019 @07:09PM (#19774398)
Well, it's a theory. How do you plan to support it with evidence? I mean, the world is radically richer than in the past -- perhaps wealth causes less racism.
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Re:Study finds Reddit’s ban of its most toxic subreddits wor... by lordlimecat on Saturday May 04, 2019 @02:43PM (#19828366)
To suggest education cures Racism is to say that reason defeats racism, which in turn brings us back to free speech.
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