Re:Reddit bans a top 10 subreddit with over 150k subscribers
by quadratini on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @10:25PM
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There's no right not to be offended
Re:Reddit bans a top 10 subreddit with over 150k subscribers
by Lawtonfogle on Thursday June 11, 2015 @09:10AM
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You are confusing 'OK' with 'has the right'. I do believe people have such a right.
Re:Reddit bans a top 10 subreddit with over 150k subscribers
by tanderson92 on Wednesday June 10, 2015 @07:19PM
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> "I'm all for freedom of speech, why can't I shout racist expletives at black strangers in the street?"
What right of others' does that infringe?
In general I recommend Ken White's writings on hate speech and the 1st amendment: http://popehat.com/2015/05/19/how-to-spot-and-critique-censo...
But anyway, none of this of course applies to the reddit example since reddit is a private entity which can do as it sees fit.
Your examples don't apply. It would be more akin to:
"I'm all for freedom of speech, why can't I shout racist expletives at black strangers in the street?"
"I'm all for freedom of speech, why can't I send people abusive messages online?"
"I'm all for freedom of speech, I should be allowed to take photos of people going about their daily business, then encourage a bunch of my friends to be abusive towards that person."
Do you think it is ok to walk down the street and shout abuse at people? If not, then why it is ok online? Or is it only ok when thousands of people shout abuse at one individual rather than one on one abuse?