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by matt4077 3570 days ago
Almost all of your points are ridiculously wrong and some sound like a parody of Orwell.

Here, just concerning no 3:

There are different mechanisms by which speech is regulated. It's well accepted that you can be held responsible for your speech if it's illegal (i.e. defamation or the "FIRE!"-yelling classic).

This is different from censorship in that speech is regulated after it's published, not before.

It's also a widely-held misconception that life is more important than anything. Quick thought experiment:

- Current estimates are that costs about 38,000$ to save a life for the most efficient NGOs.

- Say the US presidential election costs about 5 billion.

=> Should we cancel the election or let those 125,000 people die?