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stronglikedan on July 8, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why do you host offensive content?

> Free Speech for bad ideas is as important as free speech for good ideas.

I would argue that it's more important.

> Phillip DeFranco

Edit regarding your edit: Complaining about downvotes is cringe inducing.

waynecochran on July 8, 2019 [–]

I don't care about downvotes -- it was the immediacy of it.

mikestew on July 8, 2019 | [–]

That just means that a person inclined to downvote your comment saw it within seconds after posting. It’s not like there’s a shot clock for posts.

waynecochran on July 8, 2019 | | [–]

"saw it" bit did not "read it"

UncleMeat on July 8, 2019 | | [–]

It takes far less than 15 seconds to read your post.

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