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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by lexapro on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:14AM (#28945618)
>4chan is sharp and smart.

Well, it can be. But the main boards usually aren't. A lot of smart people have left the platform. What's left is mostly "bad" people who have nowhere else to go: nazis, child molesters, edgy teenagers and so on.

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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by swayvil on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:18PM (#28946725)
Sounds like you got offended there. It's a short hop with eyes-closed from "offended" to "moral condemnation".

Our greatest artists and thinkers have been condemned throughout history. Censored too. Consider that.

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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by lexapro on Friday October 22, 2021 @07:00AM (#28955704)
Offended no, it's hard to take it that serious. But yes, I do disagree with blatant racism and child sexual abuse. And I don't think it's particularly witty or edgy even.

>Our greatest artists and thinkers have been condemned throughout history.

Our greatest artists and thinkers were typically not nazis or child molesters.

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Re:Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is ... by vangelis on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:28PM (#28946903)
yeah, our greatest artists and thinkers aren't coming from /pol/. containment was a mistake. rest of the site is fine, if boorish.
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