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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by paulv on Saturday June 27, 2020 @05:52PM (#23664975)
> The far-right, on the other hand, I think is a lot more tolerant of at least the notion that "other" speech exists. They'll insult you, make fun, etc., but the compulsion to censor others is far less frequent.

The right thinks explicit "censorship", which happens via the community or site owner, is bad.

Implicit "censorship", however, which happens when the targets of racism/sexism/homophobia/transphobia[0] leave the site, is just fine.

[0] or their allies or people who don't want to be surrounded by assholes.

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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by throwvid19 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @05:59PM (#23665010)
Well put.

The Left typically wants to silence/ignore while the Right typically wants to fight/berate about it.

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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by paulv on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:12PM (#23665085)
Berating people to the point that they leave the discussion is the same thing as silencing.

Also, "berating" is a kind word. We're talking about "I have the right to exist" vs "we should systematically exterminate/enslave people like you"

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Re:Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets ... by fzeroracer on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:25PM (#23665161)
Do you know what happens when people don't want to deal with harassment due to a certain position they hold? It's called self-censorship, and the far right censors people all the same by harassing, berating, demeaning people etc until they leave or censor themselves. That's a common tactic of sites like Voat.
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