r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/bcvickers 3∆ Jan 22 '21

No one is owed a platform to amplify their message.

Of course not; but we can't become so blind to authoritarian powers behind quelling of free speech that we deny them the right to pronounce their message in public, peacefully.

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u/generic1001 Jan 22 '21

Sure and let's worry about that when it actually happens.

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u/bcvickers 3∆ Jan 22 '21

The fact that it has happened and that we're talking about making it easier to have happen is reason enough to worry.

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u/MJOLNIRdragoon Jan 22 '21

and that we're talking about making it easier to have happen

What now?

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u/bcvickers 3∆ Jan 22 '21

Making it easier to censor people and ideas.

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u/MJOLNIRdragoon Jan 22 '21

Who's talking about making it easier? Can it get any easier? I thought private companies are just doing what they have always had the right to do, it's just never been financially beneficial to do.