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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.
Comment by [deleted] at 05/08/2015 at 23:41 UTC
-1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The latter is only binding upon the US state. The former is one of the basic principles of western society.
The latter is binding upon the US state. The former says that reddit decides what kind of stuff gets published on their website, and not you, because it's their website, and not yours.
You're acting like you're somehow morally entitled to post here. You're not. If you had a website, I seriously doubt that you'd allow random douchebags to post whatever shit they wanted because of their free speech rights to post *their* shit on *your* website.
Comment by stemmo33 at 06/08/2015 at 00:45 UTC
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> Reddit is not the government
Precisely. So let's have them stop acting like it.
I mean, it's their site. They can do what they want with their own website. Of course it'd be easier for them to just change their rules so they don't have to circumvent rules to ban subs but I don't see why we need to stop them from deciding whether something is appropriate for *their* site.
Comment by aresef at 05/08/2015 at 21:28 UTC
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Is reddit not a private-sector enterprise able to make its own decisions within the boundaries of California and federal law? Unless you are Advance or Snoop Dogg or something, you don't really have the ability to compel them to do anything
Comment by Xnfbqnav at 06/08/2015 at 03:23 UTC
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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.
Go. Enforce it. Leave. Take your ball and go home, make a better website.
Comment by zardeh at 05/08/2015 at 21:29 UTC
-20 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The former is one of the basic principles of western society.
I disagree.
Precisely. So let's have them stop acting like it.
And ban the subreddits?