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0 pointsguscost5y ago0 comments

Maybe we need to have a discussion about what kinds of trolling and spam should be legal. And if you have a problem with that stuff, why doesn’t the current state of YouTube comments bother you just as much as this idea?

> I don't understand what worldview leads to the conclusion that any moderation of a private platform by a private entity is equivalent to government censorship.

I didn’t say “government censorship”.

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marcinzm5y ago

I prefer the current state to having the government literally kick down my door for "trolling" someone online.

guscostOP5y ago

Swatting, doxing, and harassment are all forms of trolling. It can have lethal consequences, and these are already variously illegal for good reasons.

akersten5y ago

You are more comfortable with the government regulating what kind of trolling is legal (an actual, on its face violation of the 1st Amendment), than you are with YouTube removing a gore video for violating their community guidelines?

This is the most bizarre take on libertarian free speech absolutism that I've heard all week.

guscostOP5y ago

Hey, I said it was controversial.

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0 pointsguscost5y ago0 comments

> I don't understand what worldview leads to the conclusion that any moderation of a private platform by a private entity is equivalent to government censorship.

I didn’t say “government censorship”.

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marcinzm5y ago

I prefer the current state to having the government literally kick down my door for "trolling" someone online.

guscostOP5y ago

Swatting, doxing, and harassment are all forms of trolling. It can have lethal consequences, and these are already variously illegal for good reasons.

akersten5y ago

This is the most bizarre take on libertarian free speech absolutism that I've heard all week.

guscostOP5y ago

Hey, I said it was controversial.

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