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Re:PyPI Was Subpoenaed by robertlagrant on Thursday May 25, 2023 @08:07AM (#36069702)
I think, as ever with these things, the name is misleading. It's not "hate". We've no idea what people are feeling. Why do we a) think someone feeling "hate" is enough to suspend speech, and b) think if we want to justify censorship, we can't just say it out loud?

Why not just say "we ban speech that says the Holocaust didn't happen"? Why get it classified as hate and then because somehow hate is censorable get it autocensored? It seems somehow disingenuous.

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Re:PyPI Was Subpoenaed by habinero on Friday May 26, 2023 @01:40AM (#36080421)
Because there's no rational or non-ideological way to deny the holocaust. The evidence is literally overwhelming.

The only reason people deny it is because of anti-semitism.

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Re:PyPI Was Subpoenaed by robertlagrant on Friday May 26, 2023 @04:21AM (#36081487)
Of course there is. People might be ignorant. If a kid is just taught that the Holocaust was made up, no hate is required for them to believe it. People need to stop pretending they can divine people's emotions. What matters is their actions.
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Re:PyPI Was Subpoenaed by concordDance on Friday May 26, 2023 @02:37PM (#36088012)
No, some haven't seen the evidence or think it's fake.
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