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by scrollaway 2811 days ago
> Absurd

The guy is banned, clearly because he's been an asshole to others. Since you have showdead, behold the kind of person he is: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=rvcamo

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He seems... very in support of freedom of speech
Let's call it what it is: Freedom of hate.

As someone who regularly defends some pretty vile shit for ideological free speech reasons, it makes me uneasy how "freedom of speech" is starting to sound way too synonymous with "unrestricted license for nazis and assholes to spread their ideology and hatred even on private services".

The real damage neo-nazis can do is to turn people against the concept of free speech.

So I suggest we call this "Freedom of hate", instead.