[Blikkentrekker]

The problem is obviously that people very often do not want what they say they want.

When a man says he supports freedom of speech, he isn't thinking about the speech that he wishes to limit as he finds it so abhorrent, and where that line lies differs from one man to the other.

Such initiatives fail, as even when men come together and admit they allow for the most abhorrent of opinions to be censored, they seldom realize that each and every one of them has a very different idea of what that is.

[enumjorge]

Case in point, alt-right communities who champion “free speech” like Parler and in Reddit often ban people who express opinions they disagree with.

[Mindwipe]

Indeed, Parler banned lots of speech. Especially breasts.

[youdontlisten]

Case in point, alt-left communities who champion "free speech" like Hacker News often shadowban people who express opinions they disagree with, especially if it's said in the wrong 'tone' of voice--direct aggression rather than passive aggressiveness, which is the preferred atmosphere here.

[Blikkentrekker]

I'm always suspicious when specifically “left” or “right” or any other specific political colors are mentioned as such with regards to censorship — it reeks of not being objective.

It is a problem of all mankind, not any particular political color; the only color above it are of course specifically the free speech advocates.

[Blikkentrekker]

I was honestly more so thinking about holocaust denial which some consider to abhorrent but others within the line of acceptability.

As in, the things that, some wish, were banned by law.

I don't think many of the reddit moderators so notorious for wanting an echo chamber would advocate it be criminally illegal.