I have no idea what that was about, I find Frink unfunny and tend to gloss over his posts. The free speech was more in response to the idea that the forum will become more limited.
lovelikewinter said:
As for “offensive” speech? I’m a free speech advocate and can usually let it all roll off. I hate censorship. I have no sympathy for perpetual victims or pearl-clutchers. Open and honest discussion is the best.Privately-owned forums, web-based or otherwise, aren’t bound by the first amendment. It is perfectly legitimate and reasonable for them to have rules of conduct. If someone doesn’t like that, they can leave. Membership here is completely voluntary.
Did I bring up the first amendment at all? No. I stated that open and honest discussion is the best thing. The problem is all to often that rules of conduct become tools to pave the way to censorship of ideas: you start going far beyond common decency and the reasonable leaves the room. Just look at what happened to CBR. They changed the rules in such a draconian way that if you say something as mild as “Frank Miller sucks” they come down on you.
I hate to have that happen here.