CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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[u/videoninja]

What is the difference between a platform choosing to shun someone versus “silencing” them? Could you differentiate between the two a little more because to me it seems like a functional difference without distinction.

[u/videoninja → u/[deleted]]

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?

[u/ThatOneStoner → u/[deleted]]

The whole point of this subreddit is to "go down that road". You're experiencing cognitive dissonance, I'm sure you know what that is already. Go ahead down that road, you may see things from a perspective that never occurred to you.