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Then let it get interesting. Freedom of speech is a better way to weed out bad ideas than moderation teams. If the masses are asses and espouse a bad idea, then it is usually even less likely for a select few to have better ideas in the long run, because those select few change over time. Someone else will wield the power or sit on the throne.

Even people on 4chan generally acknowledge where their opinions go too far, even when there seems to be an overwhelming group dynamic to tend towards a certain position. You might hear words like nigger there all the time and have posts making fun of IQ average of black people, but enough people will also acknowledge intelligent individuals from the same populations, such as Thomas Sowell. Freedom of speech is a better self-correction mechanism than censorship

Maybe your comment already agreed with that. I don't know. I am not saying this with the intention to argue, just share my opinion in the place in this thread where it seems to fit.