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by voldacar 2223 days ago
> We can choose where to draw the free speech line and still uphold the principals of a free and open society.

Except the "we" in your statement is defined totally arbitrarily. To you, "we" doesn't include the millions of people who listened to his music and like it. Why don't they get to draw this free speech line?

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They do, they have their influence. It's just that a vast majority of radio listeners (entirely unsurprisingly) doesn't support giving screentime to a child rapist.
"we" can stream the music to each other. But not on Spotify.