[the_arcadian]

While I generally agree that when someone does something violent, you blame them rather than the words on the page or the screen that they read, Reddit is an awful example here since its TOS is so perverse that it protects the most extreme and dishonest views on one side and then stifles any discussion and debate on the other.

So for example, if I posted "100 black Americans are killed every day by white Americans", which is obviously both misleading and inaccurate, you would be risking your account by engaging in any kind of discussion or debate, or even arguing that you should be allowed to discuss and debate that. That's because you would be violating multiple rules - first, a rule that protects specific races from criticism, second, a rule that disallows even accurate breakdowns of crime by race, and third, a rule that prevents you from discussing and debating aspects of the TOS itself.

Thus, by the rules of Reddit, my statement would stand completely unchallenged. Now realistically I don't think my statement alone would result in a rash of payback crimes, but over time you are giving people a skewed version of the world in which violence can be justified. And sure, one could argue that they're not legally responsible for what people do and that any attempt to hold them responsible is guilt by association, but OTOH I don't think any social media company wants that kind of reputation and press.