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Re:Trump's new platform and the Affero General Public Licens... by nobody9999 on Friday October 22, 2021 @05:26PM (#28962944)
> > My point of view is: let everybody say whatever they want. Doesn't get more unbiased than that.

>That assumes the individual’s right to speak is greater than the community’s right to shut them up, and is therefore biased in favour of the individual.

I completely disagree. The individual's right to speak is greater (at least in the US) than the government's right to shut them up.

However, other individuals (or a group of individuals, such as a corporation like F-Droid) have the same right to speak, as well as the right to control the speech on their private property.

There is an important distinction there. From a legal standpoint, the government are restricted from (except in very narrow circumstances) limiting an individual's speech.

However, private actors have no such restrictions on their private property.

a "community" of individuals can absolutely express their dislike/dissatisfaction with the speech of others by banning them from their private property.

It's only the government that's restricted from doing so.

Re:Trump's new platform and the Affero General Public Licens... by blowski on Saturday October 23, 2021 @08:48AM (#28967904)
My comment is not about the best way to organise society. It’s pointing out that if you believe that view, you still have a bias. The OP’s comment sounded like “I’m not biased, because my view is objectively correct”.
Re:Trump's new platform and the Affero General Public Licens... by nobody9999 on Saturday October 23, 2021 @07:03PM (#28973234)
>My comment is not about the best way to organise society. It’s pointing out that if you believe that view, you still have a bias. The OP’s comment sounded like “I’m not biased, because my view is objectively correct”.

My misunderstanding. Apologies.

Upon reflection, I think my comment dovetails nicely with your point.