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I think the key words here are "as possible". Any individual has the free will to distribute material of questionable legality. But once that individual puts Reddit in the position of having to legally defend that person's actions, then Reddit has to decide where to draw the line.
In the US the First Amendment grants us the right to freedom of speech; however, the SCOTUS has determined that that freedom is not absolute. Reddit is no different. There's certain types of speech that can't be tolerated.
Comment by LatrodectusVariolus at 07/09/2014 at 12:59 UTC
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I don't care about the pictures. I care about reddit saying they're a neutral platform then specifically targeting users they don't like to censor their speech while simultaneously protecting racists, sexists, and homophobic users and subreddits.
Either they're not going to police what people say, or they are. They can't claim they're taking a hands off approach while banning users (who haven't broken any rules) simply because they don't like them.
Why is racism okay but calling out racism not?