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comment by dingus
dingus  ·  3166 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What freedom of speech isn't

I think the current format is modeled as best as possible to emulate the way that we self-moderate in real life. We call people who are abuse their freedom to pollute our ears assholes, we shun them, and eventually we don't have to hear from them any more. I don't know about anyone else, but this works pretty well for me, both in personal and (pseudo)anonymous social situations.

And remember, you don't have the right to like what you hear.