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themightykekfish 136 points ago +157 / -21

It is so pathetic they come over here to shill about the flu. You aren't going to gaslight the donald so fuck off.

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publ1us 50 points ago +65 / -15

I'm deporting anyone who has <5 posts that are all unsubstantiated virus fear mongering.

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alfredbester 45 points ago +61 / -16

This is a flu post, partner. Nobody makes you read them. Banning shit is for weaklings who can't argue their positions. Talking about something isn't necessarily fear mongering, but I guess we're lucky to have you to make that decision for all the rest of us.

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publ1us 15 points ago +23 / -8

This attack makes absolutely no sense. I'm merely reporting to the admins when a post egregiously is trying to astroturf this place into what the rest of the internet has become. If you can't see that a new poster with 5 posts all only talking about "muh Italy" is unsubstantiated fear mongering, then you're beyond help.

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alfredbester 26 points ago +26 / -0

Maybe I was a bit harsh. I get riled up about censorship.

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streakybacon 6 points ago +8 / -2

"New poster"

This entire board is a few months old, if that.

Practically everyone is a "new poster".

I don't see the totalitarian rules you want to enforce posted anywhere.

Not only that, you don't immediately convey the intelligence required to make such a call.

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Necrovoter 6 points ago +6 / -0

unsubstantiated

Seems like a reasonable qualifier

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publ1us 1 point ago +1 / -0

I think you got everything so far, I will let you know if it flares up again.

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MeSewCorny 23 points ago +25 / -2

We dont need concern trolls who are too stupid to utilize current data and believe everything the liberal media says. The fact you pussies are following us over here and bouncing on our dicks proves you are nothing more than pussies who needed us, and not the reverse.

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rooftoptendie 4 points ago +5 / -1

DANG IT MODS ARE TOO FAST. I'm not seeing the shills. What are their talking points today? Can anyone sum it up so if I see one I can blast em

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PurestEvil 4 points ago +6 / -2

Good points, but to be fair, we should still be pro free speech. You don't want to become what you oppose. See - if somebody writes something silly or something you disagree with - debate him, insult him, troll him - but outright censorship is bad.

See it this way - assume you fight ideas. The only way to propagate your ideas and to defeat others is to talk. If you censor each other over words and bad ideas, people won't change their mind, and see you as intellectually intolerant - and thus have a reason to oppose Trump and his supporters because "look at them." We want us to look good - and in my opinion we do a pretty fine job at that.

Now the complication is this: Wanting to look good may goes contrary to the idea of free speech. Having fun and joking may yield offensive things and hurt weak people's feelings, but trying to moderate everything meticulously will kill the forum, make it sterile, less popular and boring. But how about this: The sheer fact that we have a high magnitude of free speech is the very thing that makes us appealing.

And if it means some (not too many, gotta maintain a concept of proper border control) leftists spew their crap and get verbally nuked - so be it.

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AlphaNathan 5 points ago +5 / -0

Do you know what unsubstantiated means?

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HeavenlyMystery 21 points ago +24 / -3

YEAH

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publ1us 5 points ago +5 / -0

LMAO