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By listening to different points of view and deciding what best makes sense to us. That is why suppressing speech(es) is wrong.

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That is fair. What is your counter argument Drew?

So we should give Drew the other half of the keynote to make an informed decision afterward?

No, but he can definitely talk somewhere else.

A protest like this is basically just IRL adblock. Do you not use ad blockers because of "free speech" ideology?

It's more like installing adblock in the computers of everyone in a room without asking for permission.

It's actually more like replacing the content of an article they are trying to read with an ad for yourself.

Imagine if Windows came with adblock out of the box. It would be the best thing Microsoft ever did.

Now imagine the next best thing: if Dell installed adblock on all its Windows before you bought them. It would be the best thing Dell ever did.

Now imagine the next next best thing: if someone broke into a Dell warehouse, installed adblock on all the computers, and didn't do anything else. This would be a horrible crime and the perpetrator must be brought to justice post-haste!

Some might think those were good things because they were making it easier for people to access the content they wanted. That's the exact opposite of what Drew is proposing.

Others might think they're bad things because they were making it harder for people to access the ads they wanted.

I ask people for consent before I install adblock on their devices.

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