Why are people making a big deal out of this ? Its judt an admin editing comments . <| sep |> Speech and literature can affect the way people think . True . There have been cases in history where speech and literature have inspired people to cause harm to others . Also true . Rules exist to disallow things that are more harmful to others than they are beneficialAnd true . The flaws in your reasoning are You will not always be in control of which speech is censored and controlled . The entity which conducts such censorship and control will not automatically remain aligned with your ideals . All humans are inherently fallible . The entity responsible for deciding what is permitted will make mistakes . The all humans mentioned above is a set that includes yourself . You must always entertain the possibility that you are in the wrong on any subject The censorship you are advocating is a far more powerful tool for harm than it is for benefit . By your own logic , therefore , it should be against the rules . Why do I say that last point ? Because THIS I am Jewish , and my people have experienced firsthand the consequences of free speech . . Is exactly backwards . The evil inflicted on your people was a direct consequence of state control over what words and publications were permitted . The Nazis literally held bonfires of literatureyHzM 1 gXaiVo they deemed inappropriate or unsuitable , much of which was penned by Jewish German writers , or was sympathetic to Jewish people and Jewish culture . Please note that this carnival of censorship took place in 1933 , five years before the pogrom . Incidentally they also burned the writings of Karl Marx , which I think highlights my point beautifully . One authority ' s guiding doctrine is another authority ' s subversive material . The power to censor , to destroy words , to regulate what people are and are not allowed to say is a tremendously harmful thing . By your own logic , under the third principle you asked us to agree with , it should therefore be against the rules . Therefore nobody may be permitted to have that powerYes , that ' s going to mean bigotry . Yes , it ' s going to mean hatred and obscenity , and calls to violence . It ' s going to mean stupidity , antiintellectualism and advocacy for terrible things . It ' s going to mean offense caused . That is simply the price we are forced to pay , because the alternative is much , much more harmful . But the good news is that the problem contains its own solution . Wherever you see hatred and bigotry being voiced , you may use the same freedom that permits it to exist to speak against it . You may use the same freedom that permits it to be published , to write a rebuttal . I disagree most profoundly with your assessment that free speech is more harmful to others than it is beneficial . It is , in my sincere opinion , precisely the other way around .