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I'd imagine it was more "I can silence and harass whomever I like, and expect to be silenced and harassed in return".

Kinda the basic principle behind FOS as I understand it.

The choice is moderation or no moderation. No moderation means you can harass and be harassed, moderation means you can be silenced. Pick one.

You're aware that harassment is silencing, right? That's its purpose: to make the other person go away.

In short, I'll pick the one that isn't a cesspit. If you feel differently, try moving to a country like Somalia with no functioning moderation system of any kind and see if you prefer it.

When a moderator deletes your post that's silencing, and it strikes me as a more powerful form of harassment than anything that would cause me to self censor.

Probably potential regular subscribers to this: http://imgur.com/gallery/Vb7tu