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thdhhghgbhy on Aug 25, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Is 4chan the perfect Pirate Bay poster child to ju...

"just let people decide for themselves” is not new, the idea goes way back to John Stuart Mill at least. The "marketplace of ideas".

tomatocracy on Aug 25, 2025 [–]

It was also the prevailing attitude to speech in the UK until the past 10-15 years.

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