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With that said, it's exciting to imagine that Reddit going public might actually lead to a further crackdown on hate speech.

There is no such thing as hate speech, as something that can be objectively identified and reasoned about.

You can have free speech or you can have "hate speech."

Hate is an emotion, a label people apply to the way they feel. The way you feel is your choice. Emotions and feelings are variable and subjective.

Freedom is absolute and objective, something is free or it isn't.

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it's exciting to imagine

What exactly excites you about such a scenario, from an open discourse and marketplace of ideas perspective?

There is no such thing as hate speech, as something that can be objectively identified and reasoned about.

Are you sure? My country defines it in a legal sense, along with many others.

I think tolerating hate speech will eventually cause all speech to become hate speech.