Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a founder

Re:Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a fou... by voldacar on Sunday October 04, 2020 @07:55AM (#24678307)

Thedonald existed on reddit for quite some time and during that period, free speech survived relatively intact. Since the banning of thedonald along with hundreds of other subs, free speech has suffered, not improved, inconsistent with your hypothesis.

Also, "the paradox of tolerance" can be trotted out to justify just about any banning or censoring of someone you don't like

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Re:Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a fou... by cies on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:14AM (#24678424)

Nope, it specifically covers "preaching of intolerance", that's not "just someone's speech you dont like".

Lets say I speak about gardening without pesticides, and someone with a pesticide factory does not like that speech. How do you think the "the paradox of tolerance" can be used to shut me up in this case? You can't. Case closed.

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Re:Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a fou... by Avamander on Sunday October 04, 2020 @08:30AM (#24678506)

There was no free speech with r/thedonald, they banned anyone that didn't agree with them. Blatantly.

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Re:Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a fou... by voldacar on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:13AM (#24678802)

I was referring to the health of free speech across the site in general, I wasn't making a defense of thedonald. And 90% of political subs on reddit blatantly ban people from $opposite_side, that's just how reddit is

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