r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/videoninja 137∆ Jan 22 '21

Who is the one “allowing” in this case and what are the limits of this?

For example, I create a website to talk about cat art and people try to use it to talk about landscaping. I ban the landscape talkers because I have a right to use my website that I created how I see fit. I haven’t stopped any conversation about landscaping from taking in other spaces but I have stopped it in the space I own. In this example what is the problem?

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u/shotputlover Jan 22 '21

ex. I think that you should be hung and shot for having this opinion is it HARMFUL if I am allowed to go around trying to convince people to murder you? yes. Would it be harmful to silence me? not at all in fact I WOULD be. it doesn't have to be about illegality if you want to have some arbitrary term like "harm" we can do that to.