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Free speech doesn’t just include speech and expression that you, your friends or the site admins like, it also protects the stuff you don’t like. As for being “assholes”, sure assholes are on bitchute, but they can also be found on Twitter, Youtube, reddit, 4chan, 8kun, and e621, pretty much anywhere. Adding to this, simply being an asshole in the sense of pissing someone off or making them feel bad emotionally should not be enough to be cracked down on. In addition, what counts as “hate speech” is usually, if not entirely, quite vague and ill-defined. It can be used to label any group a site mod or admin does not like personally. Its definitely abuse-able. While there are indeed reasonable limits to free speech, what counts as “reasonable limits” to free speech in most cases varies widely by individual and culture. Furthermore, this has been shown to not only happen with governments, but also private companies and organizations. Moderators of websites, ChatBBS and the like are by no means immune to being bought, paid for, and full of themselves.
I got an account on BitChute a while back, but I’ve heard that site is basically a breeding ground for alt-righters…
Free speech doesn’t just include speech and expression that you, your friends or the site admins like, it also protects the stuff you don’t like. As for being “assholes”, sure assholes are on bitchute, but they can also be found on Twitter, Youtube, reddit, 4chan, 8kun, and e621, pretty much anywhere. Adding to this, simply being an asshole in the sense of pissing someone off or making them feel bad emotionally should not be enough to be cracked down on. In addition, what counts as “hate speech” is usually, if not entirely, quite vague and ill-defined. It can be used to label any group a site mod or admin does not like personally. Its definitely abuse-able. While there are indeed reasonable limits to free speech, what counts as “reasonable limits” to free speech in most cases varies widely by individual and culture. Furthermore, this has been shown to not only happen with governments, but also private companies and organizations. Moderators of websites, ChatBBS and the like are by no means immune to being bought, paid for, and full of themselves.
