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>The_Donald might be awful, in your opinion.

Interesting way to put it. "in your opinion." Are racist comments and harassment awful only in "opinion"? Are we not at a point where spewing racism in a public forum is not "factually awful" now?

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I've been to the -chans, and I firmly believe in freedom of expression (my opinion is more complicated, but I'm simplifying). So while I think they're awful, I still think that people should have a place to say them, whether or not that is reddit.

Also, while I think it's awful, there may be others who do not.

Who gets to decide what's racist and what constitutes harassment? Isn't that a matter of opinion?

According to anti-discrimination laws in many countries, not exactly. Some of it is down to judges opinion but many times there are concrete boundaries for what is considered both harassment and racism.

Usually if you have to ask, it is.

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