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>such things as "You have political opinions we dislike"

If I wrote the rules, anytime someone used the phrase "political opinions you dislike" there would be a popup list for the following before you can submit your comment:

* violent incitement

* Al Qaeda and ISIS

* state sponsored misinformation campaigns run by automated bots

* coordinated messages from automated bots for marketing & brand management

* harassment

* doxxing

* defamation

* revenge porn & child porn

* vaccine misinformation

* election misinformation

* spam and phishing attacks

And next to each you can click a checkbox to indicate which ones you personally endorse being defended as protected speech, which you believe to be implicated. Then people can mouse over the part of your comment that says "political opinions", see the list of things you clicked on, and know what you are talking about.

This way we don't have to worry that you're equivocating between garden variety political topics (e.g. the economy, taxes) and all the other stuff when you say "political opinions you dislike."



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