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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by austhrow743 on Monday August 05, 2019 @06:15AM (#20612815)
>The freedom to spread cheap hate, fake news and bigotry against minorities?

Yes. If the speech isn't terrible it doesn't really need advocating for or protecting does it? Arguing for free speech is inextricably linked to arguing for people to be able to say despicable things.

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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by ForHackernews on Monday August 05, 2019 @06:20AM (#20612836)
So by this logic, filtering spam is violating freedom of speech?
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by austhrow743 on Monday August 05, 2019 @06:32AM (#20612887)
You don't need to listen to the terrible things they're saying.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by ForHackernews on Monday August 05, 2019 @08:45AM (#20613689)
You don't need to read all the spam that would show up in your inbox if not for those censorious filters!
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by jpd- on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:50AM (#20614626)
There's a difference between filtering incoming information and preventing someone from sending it in the first place.
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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by bena on Monday August 05, 2019 @10:53AM (#20614659)
Your rights stop where mine begin.

So you are free to send spam. I'm free to refuse it. I'm not required to transport your junk if I don't want to.

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Re:Terminating Service for 8Chan by ForHackernews on Monday August 05, 2019 @06:03PM (#20619557)
But Cloudflare should be required to transport 8chan's junk? What exactly are you arguing?
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