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Topic
Board Politics & Society
Re: Why is antisemetism acceptable
by
Matthew N. Wright
on 25/04/2013, 15:27:16 UTC
If you censor racism, you limit the ability to learn about racism.

But censoring spamming is totally fine. Few weeks ago there were like 50 threads started by two guys... Totally fine to ban them for useless spam.


The thing about spamming is, it is often self-serving and disruptive.

Normal discussions are basically like saying "You can say all the hateful things you want, but you have only 60 seconds to say it, then the next guy gets to say what he wants about you".

Spamming is like giving that first dude all day to say what he wants without even needing to hear a response. I agree spamming is wrong, simply because it doesn't promote any discussion or repercussions for being wrong (they aren't held to their mistakes to learn from them).

This unfortunately, is also why I am still against anonymity despite it's "good" uses. It creates the perfect environment for abuse.  The reason I use my real name is not to give some fake trustworthy image (as I have been accused of since day one), but because I enjoy being held accountable for my actions. It forces me to change when need be. If I hold this as a standard of integrity to myself, you can imagine how I feel about the anons here.