"Censorship of anything, at any time, in any place, on whatever pretense..." - Eugene Gladstone O'Neill [970x1000]

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[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

unreasonable, violent people start to gain traction.

Lack of reason goes against the pyramid of debate, as does advocating violence. So it will be removed

[–]Zombi 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Doesn't that directly contradict the "censorship of anything" part of the quote posted, though?

Just trying to make the point that you literally cannot live by this quote without coming off as hypocritical at some point because there's always some irrational and crazy person who will call for violence and oppression of others.

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Yes there will always exist edge cases that are exceptions. Find me a single quote where that's not the case.

[–]Zombi 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Well if the quote itself is going to go to extremes, then it should stand up to extreme scrutiny; don't you think?

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Nothing can stand up to extreme scrutiny if you're extreme enough, that's my point. Literally nothing.

[–]Zombi 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I see your point, I just feel with how people are and how irrational they can be there always going to be censorship that is necessary. I would love to live in a completely free world, but reality just doesn't work like that I suppose...

[–]magnora7[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"Complete freedom" doesn't exist. We are always confined by something. It's a prerequisite to existing.