[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.