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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by daenz on Thursday July 02, 2020 @08:24PM (#23719654)
>people shouting about racist loser shit

This is exactly what I was talking about here[0]. You don't want a place to post freely to exist because you already have a preconceived idea of what people will say, and you are against that. This kind of attitude is hidden behind so many of the "but you can already do X, kinda" responses I've seen before in these discussions.

Why not just lead by saying you don't think a government maintained platform for free speech should exist because you don't want to hear what people who want it would have to say?

0. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23716909

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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by amanaplanacanal on Friday July 03, 2020 @12:25PM (#23725288)
I don’t have any problem with a government provided free speech platform. It would be an interesting experiment. But how are you going to get Congress to fund something that will host racists and pornographers?
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Re:MS will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag to... by krapp on Friday July 03, 2020 @12:26PM (#23725293)
The Republicans will allow the racists, and the Democrats will allow the pornographers. Done and done.
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