I am not offering truth on the topic of this thread, I do not know what truth on the topic of this thread the mods are deleting. I am speaking to your statement only. You do NOT combat any speech by deleting it.
Censorship is the most powerful tool of the Deep State. It is what allows every other evil to take root in a society. There is a reason the Constitution makes perfectly clear, in the very first sentence of the Bill of Rights that there will be zero tolerance of Censorship.
We have the downvote for a reason. If a zero score post falls to the bottom of the barrel in minutes where all the replies are "proof or gtfo," which is exactly what happens, how is that harmful?
I'm not saying there should be no banning of people based on if they are just trying to stir up shit. They can always come back with a clean slate and post higher quality content. But deleting what they say is not the way to go.
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That's exactly the opposite of the truth. Silencing those you disagree with is precisely and exactly what we need to not do.
When you prevent a person from speaking lies, people will listen closer. When you prove they speak lies, people stop listening.
I am not offering truth on the topic of this thread, I do not know what truth on the topic of this thread the mods are deleting. I am speaking to your statement only. You do NOT combat any speech by deleting it.
Censorship is the most powerful tool of the Deep State. It is what allows every other evil to take root in a society. There is a reason the Constitution makes perfectly clear, in the very first sentence of the Bill of Rights that there will be zero tolerance of Censorship.
We have the downvote for a reason. If a zero score post falls to the bottom of the barrel in minutes where all the replies are "proof or gtfo," which is exactly what happens, how is that harmful?
I'm not saying there should be no banning of people based on if they are just trying to stir up shit. They can always come back with a clean slate and post higher quality content. But deleting what they say is not the way to go.