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> Is "shut the fuck up, fa**t" an idea? That's precisely the sort of thing that I see people say shouldn't lead to bans on Twitter.

It's not an idea, though I don't see a particular reason to ban it, unless you have a platform like Saidit that generally encourages constructive discussion over baseless insults (which I consider a great idea).



How does this jive with the claim that free speech is about expressing ideas?


I'm not saying it goes against free speech to ban this particular sentence. It's just hypocritical if you don't also ban other insults.




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