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someguyfromcanada  ·  2632 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Free Speech and the Paradox of Tolerance

No right is absolute. Never has been. I have always been a fan of the free marketplace of ideas but lately: 1) the "alt-right" seems to have been energized with brigades of people obsessed with lying and manipulating discussion forums; they openly organize and strategize on places like stormfront or voat and overwhelm other forums like reddit (I have not seen that organization from opposing voices) and 2) I am too old to bother to exchange with or counter that shit. So they "win" I guess, as long as extremists are energized and organized and people are stupid enough to buy into it. Lots of speech does not mean good speech.

p.s. I could not even begin to count how many dozens of times I have posted that comic in response to people being butt hurt about being banned.