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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by chroma on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:58AM (#23243703)
I don't think you understand the point I'm trying to make. I don't care about Alex Jones. I care about collateral damage: Deleting "communist bandits" comments.[1] Banning the Podcast Addict app.[2] Banning other apps.[3][4] I didn't have to look very hard to find these examples. There are certainly dozens more if one cares to delve into the issue.

There are people who we don't know about who are currently having their views suppressed. A few of them probably hold views that future societies will endorse. But because they don't have a voice, it will take longer to make moral progress. Compared to that, Alex Jones is a rounding error.

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223219

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23219427

3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23221447

4. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23229073

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Re:Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive ... by willis936 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:44AM (#23245709)
> Alex Jones is a rounding error

I will not support any legislation that needlessly endangers individuals. Society needs to protect people. You don’t need everyone to go through a tragedy before a society is illegitimate, just anyone.

I can’t speak for the latter three threads, but I was active in the first one, arguing the same position.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23223990

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