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Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe... by notfed on Saturday September 10, 2022 @03:31PM (#32793876)
This idealism doesn't always work in practice. The more public and popular a forum is, the more we need to weed out spam, scams, vandalism, and other kinds of malware/DoS.
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Re:Cognitive ability is related to supporting freedom of spe... by lynndotpy on Saturday September 10, 2022 @03:43PM (#32793994)
To be clear, we are in agreement!

I'm making an argument that some limitations are worthwhile, and this doesn't make someone "against free speech" except with the most extreme absolutist interpretation.

EDIT: I misread the indentation on mobile-- I thought this was a direct reply to me. My mistake!

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