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NGL I derive some joy seeing maga/conservative/fascist communities getting all their misinformation downvoted to hell while the only positively voted posts are about the crimes & failures of trump and republicans in general.
I don't want them banned. This is much better.
They don't learn though. While you may derive pleasure from their ignorance, there are some who may get sucked into their worldview who may not otherwise be. Free speech doesn't require a community to put up with their nonsense.
What does free speech have to do with it? Free speech right guarantees that you won't be prosecuted by the government for your words. It doesn't apply to private communications.
Free speech as a law, maybe, but many people like myself view it as an ideal.
That's not an ideal, that's lunacy.
Fuck censorship.