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I am not for hate, but once you go down the road of censorship and get called out for specific types of censoring you are doing, troubled times are ahead; more groups will jump on the bandwagon and cry foul on more and more tweets.

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The corollary being that I have just shut down one of my websites because I'm sick of the racist and other abuse that myself and my brother were receiving (the justification being "you take offence, not give it"). There's only so many times you can use the block button.

I'm sorry. Racism should not be ignored. But I'm not sure how censorship initiated by the provider solves it. It is truly a tragedy that you had to shut your site down, and I think those that caused you to have to do that should be punished. However, when a provider starts censoring specific types of speech, there is much left ahead that they will be asked to censor, which is all I was trying to say.

I hope that you and your brother find a safe place to share your information without being harassed.

For the most part, I agree.

But "free speech" has real, human, costs; just as censorship does.

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