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Re:Twitch bans Confederate flag, racist emote usage in new c... by pojntfx on Friday December 11, 2020 @09:11AM (#25385932)
No right is absolute, and free speech is no exception. To quote Popper: "In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

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Re:Twitch bans Confederate flag, racist emote usage in new c... by yostrovs on Friday December 11, 2020 @09:13AM (#25385956)
Shouldn't you then be intolerant to the intolerance of the new twitch policy?
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Re:Twitch bans Confederate flag, racist emote usage in new c... by bryanlarsen on Friday December 11, 2020 @09:18AM (#25386025)
A paradox is defined as a well-founded but self-contradictory statement. The existence of this paradox means that absolute freedom of speech is impossible, it's not a rule you can follow.
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Re:Twitch bans Confederate flag, racist emote usage in new c... by user-the-name on Friday December 11, 2020 @09:20AM (#25386042)
No.
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