Another reply to my comment supposed my criticism means that the alternative is a Soviet surveillance state. Really?
In the context of 8chan, I think there's a difference between allowing people to say whatever they want online and punishing the people that use that freedom to incite violence.
The part where it gets blurry to me is the hateful rhetoric that doesn't directly call for violence, but the only logical conclusion of the position is genocidal or otherwise racial violence. Talking about "invaders" or "American cities under foreign occupation" for example.
The more we censor, the less we know, the farther from the enemy we are.
You have to understand, we don't live in a go lucky happy world, thousands to millions of people die every day. Livestream vs Youtube.
The more statistics we can get before a threat occurs, the better. I really don't understand why "normal web" doesn't grasp this concept.