@duncan_lithgow @realcaseyrollins @stux To your second point, state sponsored censorship is a very slippery slope, but there are all kinds of laws regulating speech, both what is and is not allowed, as well as where and when. Libel, slander, threats, terrorism, these are all forms of important censorship. Parody is a deeply important form of free speech. All of it is regulated, and rightly so. Society can't function without social contract, legal or otherwise.
@duncan_lithgow @realcaseyrollins @stux To your first, "tyranny of the thin-skinned" is a poorly disguised attempt at re-wording "I don't give a shit about how other people feel". Being able to throw someone out of a private establishment for being a loud mouthed asshole is an absolute societal good, full stop. If your vision of a "robust society" is Nazis freely shouting in public spaces with no recourse, you can go and jump into the sea.
@manfromthehand @duncan_lithgow @realcaseyrollins @stux This works right up to the point that the private establishment is the oppressor not the oppressed. Frequently, those who are oppressed need to make their oppressors uncomfortable in order address their oppression. Content moderation becomes a tool for silencing the oppressed because "they don't give a shit about our feelings."
