[TheDong]

> shut down people they find politically disagreeable

It's not that. Hate-speech is not political. Racism is not political. Morality is not all that political.

Shutting down someone who denies shootings and is abusive to the victim's families and spews racism is not a political move.

People should condemn disgusting hate speech regardless of their political affiliation.

[nyolfen]

hate speech and racism absolutely are political, they are only outside of the overton window. i despise racists as much as anyone but i don’t trust anyone with the authority to police permissible opinions, and i think anybody who does is naive and short-sighted. if you construct these frameworks for suppression, they will be used against you by your enemies the second they have the opportunity.

[boxspam]

I hate how Xi Jinping is running China so strictly. The Russian Apartment Bombings was an inside job. Westerners should have no business in the Middle East.