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scifibestfi
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Blocking Kiwifarms
In fact freedom of expression is central to protecting the vulnerable. Civil rights were enabled by free speech.
andrepd
on Sept 4, 2022
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Yes, the vulnerable here being, of course, the people who expressed non-cis gender identity online and were harassed and bullied into shutting up or (preferably) killing themselves, not the forum orchestrating these hunts.
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Yes the point being this precedent can be used to hurt minority groups in the future even if it's for the sake of helping a minority group right now
wbl
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Only if Matthew Prince decides to do that. Plenty of people published Malcom X speeches and not KKK speeches.
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