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[–] JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Eh. What’s truly not healthy is absolute free speech. That just helps the most extreme voices thrive.

If we're talking about democracy in general, I'd say that is a open question. The far-right problem is worse in speech-controlled Europe than in the First Amendment USA. Anyway, that's not the subject here.

But of course any private community has the right to police its members' speech. No denying that. Didn't know about the open modlog. Useful innovation.

[–] rammer@sopuli.xyz 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The far-right problem is worse in speech-controlled Europe than in the First Amendment USA.

You sure about that? Last time I looked nobody was openly advocating ending elections in Europe and enjoying support from nearly half of the population.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago

It's also a false narrative. Public speech is usually moderated in both the US and the EU.

Extremism blooms way more often when speech isn't moderated well. The UK being taken over by people who read/wanted to believe (Russia-sponsored) fake news on Twitter is a recent example.

[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 5 points 2 months ago

Hahahaha do you get your European news from Fox network lmao