Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r/ChapoTrapHouse

Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by anonu on Monday June 29, 2020 @01:51PM (#23680119)

The internet remains a bastion of free speech. Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, remain privately managed companies with a duty to police their platforms. If /r/The_Donald contributors are upset - they can go almost anywhere else. Vitriol, hate, disinformation, etc... just doesn't need to be on public display.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by TheGrim-888 on Monday June 29, 2020 @01:55PM (#23680185)

The problem is that what hate is, is in the eye of the beholder. People can say Trump wanting to enforce rule of law is hate, I don't think so. People can say Trump wanting to enforce our borders is hate, and I don't think so. You have politically motivated people who think that anything that disagrees with their political viewpoints is hate, and justification to be memoryholed from the internet. I don't agree.

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Re:Reddit shuts down subreddits including r/The_Donald and r... by rvz on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:26PM (#23680643)

That's right. Who defines hate speech? Where do you draw the line? I guess as soon as one incites violence no matter what side of the political spectrum it is from, that is out of order.

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