> Free speech absolutists are mostly principled people who want to defend civil liberties

I genuinely laughed out loud here. As a Mastodon operator, when I see another new instance describe itself as “free speech absolutists”, it means they’re about to fill up with 2 things: Nazis (as in, literally swastikas and “Jews are oppressing me!” memes) and drawings of Japanese 8 year olds in lingerie.

Every. Single. Time.

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zeroonetwothree 3 days ago | parent [-]

Seems like your worldview is a bit skewed by the places you choose to hang out online.

	▲	kstrauser 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Never been a moderator, have ya? I want to keep my hangouts pleasant, and sometimes that means looking at the unpleasant parts so that you can put a wall between them and myself and my friends.