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Squabbles, another recent reddit alternative, seems to be taking the doomed "free speech" path (i.imgur.com)
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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (31 children)

***with the exception of racist content, the use of slurs (racial or otherwise), targetted harassment, and incitement of violence, ***

Did everyone just skip right past reading this part? That's a lot of exceptions that cover a large gamut of activity that will continue to be not allowed. That's not exactly "free speech" by definition, but it also is not allowing content that most platforms also do not allow.

I am not exactly sure what I am missing?

[–] lostinapotatofield@kbin.social 52 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's a lot of context. Basically, there's been a few weeks of controversy over whether anti-lgbt viewpoints would be allowed. This post (along with the removal of two admins) was a statement that anti-lgbt viewpoints are explicitly allowed on the site as long as they avoid slurs and direct incitement of violence. With a site population that leans pretty far left, this didn't go over well at all.

[–] yukichigai@kbin.social 39 points 2 years ago

In other words, "you can pick on minorities as long as they aren't racial minorities." Yeah, great distinction.

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