Comment by dragonwriter
9 years ago
Censorship is merely deciding what ideas you will or will not participate in promoting; protecting the right to do that is the heart of the ideal of free speech.
Government censorship—having public authority (whether officially styled as the state or one having exercising a monopoly on essential tools of communication) decide for you what ideas you must or must not promote, regardless of your own desire—is what “free speech” stands against.
If you think government censorship is bad then you think this is bad, or you don't understand why it's bad at all. I don't understand where you come from arguing against such a cornerstone of our society.
Personally, I think that anyone who supports censorship should be fired from their jobs, have their internet accounts banned, and be refused service at every business where it is legal to refuse service to you.
Your freedom to support censorship doesn't mean that you are free from consequences! ;)