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It's fine if you think that attempting to remove toxic content amounts to censorship - you have a right to that opinion - but it doesn't change the fact that the toxicity itself still exists. But are you also angry at the people in society who create that toxicity or just the people trying to control it?

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I'm not angry at either. The people trying to control it are just doing the most logical thing to create a happy place. But my position is that that is an elementary mistake, like never letting your child play outside. I'm saying some level of toxicity is better than none. Have you ever been part of an organization where people are not allowed to disagree? Rhetorical question.

Another analogy is that we need to have managed forest fires, instead of trying to quash every little fire at every turn which only results in a catastrophic blaze when one turns up that is out of control.

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