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Which is a loss of freedom of expression, hence the whole debate.

Plus, don't be so naive as to think anti-semites will directly say "we should gas the Jews". They won't say that, because they know they'll get banned. They'll say the closest thing they're allowed to say.




Don't need to tell me twice, because I watch them say it.

And when forum moderators catch savvy to the new lingo, they get banned.

Hate mutates and the tools we use to combat it mutate too. Like any fight against malicious users, it's measure-countermeasure.

And yes, people absolutely lose the freedom to express that other people aren't people using someone else's tools. That shouldn't be a debate because it's not up for debate; we already danced this tango nearly a hundred years ago and after that as well. Dehumanizing people is not tolerable, as axiom.




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