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A lot of knee jerk responses in this thread.

Can anyone elaborate why exactly allowing demonstrably harmful and malicious lies during a major health emergency is a good thing on its own merits?



Because the official narrative is not always the truth. And censorship breeds tyranny.


So again, this is an argument for allowing specific, identifiably harmful and wrong claims?


I understand the motivation. And it may even appear to be beneficial at first, but censorship is a slippery slope.


So in other words you don't have an argument for not blocking specific instances of harmful content.


> Can anyone elaborate why exactly allowing demonstrably harmful and malicious lies [...]

"Contradicting WHO" is not the same as "demonstrably harmful and malicious lies"




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