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by barry-cotter 1472 days ago
People are being morons is a fully general justification for censorship because people are always either deeply misinformed about something, hence moronic, or doing something someone thinks is stupid, hence moronic.

> I think in general though that any amount propagating misinformation is bad and can have all kinds of minor unforeseen consequences that can add up.

Yes, other people agree with you that there are bad people out there with bad opinions who should be stopped. They just disagree on who the bad people are, and what the bad opinions are.

Some people think Drag Queen Story Hour is great. Others think that all guns should be banned. Some think that teaching first graders about gender identities is wonderful, others that denigrating religion is wrong.

Misinformation is an excuse for censorship and people aren’t dumb enough to fall for it for long.

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You seem very lost. I said nothing about censorship.