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Re: Subreply – An open source text-only social network

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> But anyway, you admit that your idea of free speech has restrictions That is exactly why you should read the links. It’s not my idea of free speech. You have no idea what my idea is, because what I showed you is the definition . I didn’t make those up, I linked to sources. What you are doing is conflating someone who understands what free speech is—and that its definition and application everywhere includes restric…

Yes, but my point is, trying to silence the speech of others is part of free speech, and you and your sources have said so. So criticizing the absolutist for not being a consistent absolutist, when you don't even believe in any simple consistent rule, is petty. There probably is a very general consistent rule to your/your source's idea of free speech, like "everybody's liberties should be curtailed only where they en…

> Yes, but my point is, trying to silence the speech of others is part of free speech, and you and your sources have said so. So criticizing the absolutist for not being a consistent absolutist, when you don't even believe in any simple consistent rule, is petty.

What bananas sophistry is this? All this person is saying is that contemporarily free speech absolutists tend to be hypocrites. Surely you aren't arguing that those supporting any limit on speech can't call out hypocrisy amongst free speech absolutists. Wouldn't this also be you limiting their speech? Are we incepting deeper and deeper into some kind of ironic morass of hypocrisy?

Re: Subreply – An open source text-only social network

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post #16

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https://old.reddit.com/

It's what I use. Normal reddit is atrocious.

If someone from reddit is reading this:

If reddit can't admit to making a mistake with the redseign, just rename Old Reddit into...

Retro Reddit

... and spin that as a good thing.

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