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That is.. quite opposite from the experience I have had. I have discussed a fair amount of topics, it was civil, and things were fine.

Though, the only time when I did see that happen, was when someone was transphobic, homophobic, racist and such.

>>sleepy+(OP)
>Though, the only time when I did see that happen, was when someone was transphobic, homophobic, racist and such

“I mean, when all the wrong and bad people are kicked out everything is great!”

No one is complaining about people with Ford vs Chevy comments being banned. It’s the controversial things that need to be refuted, not hidden.

What makes you so absolutely certain you are on the “right side” of any opinion? Because the people in charge of these services are censoring the other side?

How long before you find yourself with “the wrong thoughts”?

>>SV_Bub+B
First they came for the Nazis...

>>burtne+7b
That's what happened. People started demanding that Nazis be censored on Myspace. I knew people at the time who were under the impression that being a racist was already illegal in some way, and thought that Myspace not immediately banning all of them made the site an accessory to the crime. The worst part was they seemed to be centering it around me because I was the only black person they knew.

>>SV_Bub+B
I run a Mastodon instance. You don't have to see eye to eye with me or my users to talk to us. However, I have defederated from instances that host:

* Loli porn

* Extreme neo-Nazi content; I'm talking about swastikas, hardcore racial slurs, and the like

* Targeted bullying and harassment

You want to spark a conversation about the relative merits of Republican fiscal policy, let's chat! You want to say that we should still own slaves, Jews eat babies, or gay people shouldn't exist? Go away. I don't owe you a soapbox.

Disconnecting from a server with despicable content doesn't take away that server's right to speak. It just preserves my -- and my users' -- right not to hear it.