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Re:Reddit Bans Five Communities In New Anti-Harassment Campaign by felixgallo on Thursday June 11, 2015 @12:33AM (#9697577)
In what sense is it ironic? Reddit is a private corporation unaffiliated with the United States Government.
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Re:Reddit Bans Five Communities In New Anti-Harassment Campaign by leereeves on Thursday June 11, 2015 @12:36AM (#9697589)
I was wrong, it's not ironic at all. Censoring a post criticizing censorship is perfectly consistent.

Though not entirely consistent with their statement that "we do protect the right of people to express their views".

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Re:Reddit Bans Five Communities In New Anti-Harassment Campaign by felixgallo on Thursday June 11, 2015 @12:45AM (#9697626)
You will doubtless learn, in your travels, that not every corporation will die on the hill staying true to the maximal interpretation of a throwaway sentence posted on their free service.
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Re:Reddit Bans Five Communities In New Anti-Harassment Campaign by leereeves on Thursday June 11, 2015 @12:50AM (#9697648)
That statement was posted 10 hours ago in their official announcement of these bans.

Would remaining true to their statement for one day really have killed them on the hill?

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Re:Reddit Bans Five Communities In New Anti-Harassment Campaign by deciplex on Thursday June 11, 2015 @12:55AM (#9697673)
Censorship need not involve a government entity. Censorship is not equivalent to violating the First Amendment.
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