432 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)
View submission: Removing harassing subreddits
[deleted]
Comment by lastresort08 at 11/06/2015 at 02:31 UTC
13 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This needs to be higher up. This is an especially foolish tactic because we all know what happens when someone tries to stop something on the internet. Reddit is killing itself now.
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 05:05 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That's exactly how I feel about this. Everyone should have the right to join any subreddit they want for any reason. As long as they're not stickyposting brigade shit, I don't care. And even then, I only BARELY care. I don't hate fat people, I hate censorship, and in this case I hate Reddit.
Comment by halifaxdatageek at 11/06/2015 at 23:14 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I guess it's about reasonable limits on these things.
My way of expressing myself is to blare a bullhorn 24/7 outside your bedroom. Who are you to restrict me from my rights?
Comment by [deleted] at 12/06/2015 at 01:53 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Totally on point. Here is how I have heard that quote said :
If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in freedom of speech for views you don’t like. Goebbels was in favor of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re in favor of freedom of speech, that means you’re in favor of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise. Noam Chomsky
Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2015 at 19:31 UTC
-7 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Banning subreddits isn't suppressing your freedom. You can still hang out with harassing friends and harass people all you want. You can even make your own website that fosters your "freedom to harass."
Reddit is a web service - not the gestapo suppressing freedom of speech.
The fact that you conflate the two speaks volumes about your misunderstanding of the concept of "freedom of speech." Hilarious.
Comment by Groomper at 11/06/2015 at 02:29 UTC
-20 upvotes, 2 direct replies
"If someone is tossing feces around and making the entire place stink, they shouldn't be stopped."
- apparently everyone in this thread