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Re:Private censorship is not the best way to fight hate or d... by Clubber on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:45PM (#28696254)
>Banning X communities does work to achieve the goal of people not talking about X.

Honestly I'm not sure that is even accurate, I would imagine it does the opposite. People are drawn to what's not allowed, it's even one of the morals of the Adam and Eve story. Pretty old but still relevant idea of human nature.

Here's an interesting story about Goldberger who defended the Neo Nazis in Skokie.

https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/rights-protesters/sk...

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Re:Private censorship is not the best way to fight hate or d... by inglor_cz on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:21PM (#28696884)
From a former Communist country: whatever was banned (jokes about the Party or the Soviet Union, various conspiracies or whatever correct-but-undesirable information out there, such as the Chernobyl accident in the first days), spread like wildfire by "whispering channels".

People are really drawn to forbidden fruit.

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Re:Private censorship is not the best way to fight hate or d... by kongin on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:37PM (#28697131)
You need to understand that the people who are saying we must ban misinformation are the party apparatchiks, trying to argue in good faith with them is pointless. The only reason to engage is to show the silent majority that they aren't crazy for disagreeing with those in power.
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