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It's not about policing the users. It's about finding a way to starve subs they'd rather not host but have no reason under the current rules to ban. Reddit is not the government. They are a private enterprise. They don't have to give a shit about freedom of speech.
Comment by Whisper at 05/08/2015 at 21:26 UTC
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They don't have to give a shit about freedom of speech.
Ah, this old authoritarian chestnut. I was wondering when someone would say this to me.
For the Nth time, the *principle of free speech* and the *first ammendment to the constitution of the United States of America* are two different things.
The latter is only binding upon the US state. The former is one of the basic principles of western society. Now, since it is a social more, not a law, the state will not prevent anyone from violating it. However, social mores are enforced in other ways.
It's not about policing the users. It's about finding a way to starve subs they'd rather not host but have no reason under the current rules to ban.
If you have to look for ways to circumvent your own rules in order to "get" someone, then "policing the users" is precisely what you are doing.
Reddit is not the government.
Precisely. So let's have them stop acting like it.