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by waffleiron 1453 days ago
I am not arguing that they are the same, have a look at what I quoted. This is really annoying me with HN, people looking for an easy dismissal of an argument instead of trying to actually talk about the underlying point.

The point that I am trying to make is that the argument I quoted doesn't work, because we already have situations where someone might look for something and can't find it.

I am not agreeing this is good, I am not saying it's the same, I am just trying to interact with a specific argument. This is a complex topic about cultural differences and ethics, let's try to stay curious and not just give shallow dismissals.

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The examples you used for that point are bad because they come off as false equivalence, and “porn on YouTube” (age rating) and “ISIS books on Amazon” (murder) already have very legitimate justifications. Banning pride can be just a shirt with the word “gay”, and that’s absurd without needing an explanation.