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All calls for censorship should be taken down.

Isn’t this also a call for censorship?

I make the point not to be sarcastic but to note that there really are paradoxes and nuances within the concept of free speech. Trying to establish hard bound rules is more likely to lead to abuse then an honest discussion that acknowledges ambiguity.

> Isn’t this also a call for censorship?

Yes. All Cretans are liars.

All comments critical of censorship should be taken down.

hear, hear!

Depends on the context, really.

“Im gonna kill all you fools” when talking about the company kickball tournament shouldn’t result in a swat team breaking down your front door.

In the UK it does and I would say it is a bad thing. It is more or less delegalizing working class sociolect.

So like a legally mandated takedown procedure for speech? Or you mean Discord should have employees individually review each message before it's transmitted?