Comments on: The cost of free speech may be high, but we should still defend it http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/28/the-cost-of-free-speech-may-be-high-but-we-should-still-defend-it/ blogging is not a spectator sport Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:39:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mr Angry http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/28/the-cost-of-free-speech-may-be-high-but-we-should-still-defend-it/comment-page-1/#comment-40813 Mr Angry Mon, 30 Oct 2006 04:47:04 +0000 http://www.duncanriley.com/2006/10/28/the-cost-of-free-speech-may-be-high-but-we-should-still-defend-it/#comment-40813 I had this same issue on YouTube. I joined an "anti-racism alliance" and made a video denouncing racism in response to the huge amount of pro-nazi videos on YT. Then someone asked me to join a campaign to ban racists outright and I wouldn't go along with it because free speech is free speech even when i don't like the speech involved. I titled a vid giving my reasons "Should racists be banned from YouTube?" Ironically, I now get heaps of abuse from racists who see the title but don't watch the video and think I'm trying to have them banned. I had this same issue on YouTube. I joined an “anti-racism alliance” and made a video denouncing racism in response to the huge amount of pro-nazi videos on YT. Then someone asked me to join a campaign to ban racists outright and I wouldn’t go along with it because free speech is free speech even when i don’t like the speech involved.

I titled a vid giving my reasons “Should racists be banned from YouTube?” Ironically, I now get heaps of abuse from racists who see the title but don’t watch the video and think I’m trying to have them banned.

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