How do you expect us to be a community if we can't discuss things?

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I guess I am a hypocrite, I want this place to have all free speech, pics and videos are a form of free speech of course, but I don't like porn so it is not the kind of speech that is a priority of mine to defend. I wouldn't go and insult you for just asking questions about it though. No need for that.

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You are not a hypocrite.

A free speech forum can still decide on the range of topics it wants to cover. If it doesn't want to cover porn, but you are free to speak of any other topic, it's still a free speech board, as long as other topics are not selectively censored based on things unrelated to the decided range of discussion topics.

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nah it should allow all free speech. This isn't a free speech forum though of course, it's owners decide what to allow. Like others said it's cuz they're afraid of the govt taking this down since they often use porn as an excuse to do that.

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"nah it should" let me stop you right there.
The forum owners decide what topics it should or shouldn't include. The only thing anybody else decides is whether those topics are to their linking enough to use the forum.
It's the same concept as "Freedom Of Speech" not granting you the ability to enter a library and start playing Hard Metal - while it's your right to do so in the public square, it's not your right to use it disrupt a part of the public square dedicated to something else.