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Of course you do not mind. But that means that you have no room for complaint when they delete something that you consider to be "not garbage".


Yes you do. Agreeing with some moderation does not mean you must agree with all moderation.


Calling censorship "moderation" doesn't make it not censorship.


Ok. Agreeing with some censorship does not mean you must agree with all censorship.


Censorship is a good thing as long as only things I don't like get censored!


No, it doesn't, but you're a hypocrite if you don't.

If you think there's nothing wrong with the idea that "censorship is good as long as I'm not the one being censored", I don't know what to tell you.


Not everyone is a speech absolutist, that doesn't make them hypocrites.

In fact, as speech absolutists have taken over a few platforms, we've discovered that the primary hypocrisy surrounding speech is that there's a lot of people who claim to be speech absolutists, but aren't when push comes to shove.


If you eat bread, you must also eat shit. If you don't, you're a hypocrite.

It's astounding how many people are incapable of making judgments except along artificial lines given to them by sophists.


"Now, Madam, we're just haggllng over price."


This is a false equivalence only unless you are a moral nihilist.




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