[KennethMyers]

QAnon theories are false, but in my opinion, so are the beliefs of Islam.

And if the standard required for censorship is that "someone with related beliefs killed someone in Germany", or "there's like a whole subreddit for people who are frustrated with family members who believe this", then we've got to ban Islam, Christianity, Rap music, eyeliner, sports, and probably everything else you can think of.

Nobody banned 9/11 truthers from major internet communications protocols. Nobody banned birthers.

The shift in the US, in less than a year, towards banning speech that annoys the elites, is something I would've thought impossible a mere few years ago.

I was taught in high school that here in America we fought free speech with more free speech.

[fortytwo79]

This, 100%. This is the point. Everyone is trying to assert the harmfulness of "misinformation," but is ignoring the harmfulness of censorship.

Also, has anyone considered that conspiracy theories are on the rise because they're entertaining rather than because they're believed?

[gremlinsinc]

Who does this banning harm specifically?