As a leftist I am sick and tired of censorship to a point that it infuriates me. I have had so many accounts on the internet banned on just about every site that it has completely handicapped my ability to use the internet as a source of great joy of having the freedom to express myself how I want to. I know I am not the only one who is furious about this and there are many more people who feel the same way. Right wingers are expected to be fascist and oppressive and the left is supposed to be the side who is against that and yet they left is just as bad at censoring as the right is and I don't understand how more people don't recognize how bad and illogical it is. We basically have 2 sides that love to censor.

Even "X" is supposed to be against censorship and yet still practices mass censorship and I have had multiple accounts shadow banned or fully banned from there.

Why can't there be a site like Youtube or Reddit where everything that is deemed against whatever rules they have is simply just given a disclaimer that the user who wants to view it just has to agree to it that they still want to view it? It is ridiculous that anybody likes anything that is "hardcore" or "edgy" or "outside of the box" including with their music tastes or comedy tastes or political opinions or whatever else it is they have basically nowhere to go in mainstream society and censorship has basically been accepted on both sides of the political spectrum.

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[–] [S] 2 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

i dont use kiwifarms but I have used 4chan a lot in the past and it is my favorite site that I ever used.......so I have already experienced true freedom of speech and I love it. I just want it to be more mainstream and more people to demand it so there can be a Youtube version of it etc. with mainstream adoption

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  • [–] 6 points 3 hours ago (1 child)

    I don't want to be subjected to what you call "true freedom of speech" because it invariably ends up with the biggest arseholes shouting the loudest. I'm against government censorship but people should be able to choose who they want to listen to because there are a LOT of unmitigated dickheads out there.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 hours ago

    I already said in the post that they can have options that let people choose what they are exposed to on the site. You can choose maximum censorship with "kid friendly only" or switch to "no censorship" at any time. For instance on Youtube they ban videos and ban channels constantly rather than just allowing people to choose the amount of censorship they want to experience the site chooses for them and pisses a ton of people off.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago* (1 child)

    The point is, is that people can't be civil enough. True freedom of speech doesn't give you the right to shout down anyone you think is wrong when they've proven you wrong. That's not how it works.

    You've not experienced enough of the internet to know this. Actually, combing through your post history, I see why we need some censorship.

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