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Re:Removing Holocaust Denial Content by remram on Monday October 12, 2020 @06:09PM (#24760017)
If you are yelling or distributing pamphlets in my backyard and I don't like the message, and I ask you to move, I'm not sure you would refer to it as "censorship".
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Re:Removing Holocaust Denial Content by stale2002 on Monday October 12, 2020 @11:49PM (#24762085)
Sure, that would be you censoring certain types of speech on your property.

It would have a pretty small effect on other people's ability to engage in speech. But it is an effect none the less.

If you owned a huge amount of property, though, then this would be a larger amount of censorship.

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Re:Removing Holocaust Denial Content by remram on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @10:39AM (#24765986)
We agree then, this is "censorship", but has nothing to do with "freedom of speech" as codified in US law.
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Re:Removing Holocaust Denial Content by stale2002 on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:09PM (#24768105)
> but has nothing to do with "freedom of speech"

It absolutely has something to do with the general concept of freedom of speech, actually.

Freedom of speech is a concept, not just a law.

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