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>honestly, i'd like to be the judge of if a theory is crackpot or not. i'm not a kid, i don't need youtube to save me from "bad information".

If your local library or city center decided to prohibit a local white supremacy group from putting up flyers on their billboards recommending Holocaust conspiracy theory materials, would you criticize them the same way? I'm curious about why people seem to have very different standards for public spaces and websites moderating themselves.



not a perfect analogy, because (1) billboard space is limited (2) this is restricting thingd that otherwise specifically would be recommended for me.

anyway, i, personally, would still give them (and every1) the space on the billboard. let every1 talk, even the crazy and the hateful.

more generally, i dont think any institution should be privilged over the individual to decide which ideas they get to hear.

just one possible philosophical position, one choice on a spectrum of tradeoffs.




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