Oh. That's fair, though I would prefer that if you're going to make hypothetical positions, that you not also make a hypothetical alternate "me" who subscribes to them. You can see how that might get someone's back up. "Suppose Makarov was a fervent supporter of NAMBLA..."
Anyway, I'm perfectly happy to have a discussion on what speech should be curtailed for the good of everyone. But if you start by saying "here's what I subscribe to, and no alternatives are tolerable", there's no discussion to be had there. I think I'm probably being too hard on Photon, who might in retrospect have preferred if he'd worded his post differently. And he also pointed out that different people define the term in different ways. I'm just saying that opposition to free speech comes in much broader flavours than the government coming to arrest you. That's not really an issue in Canada or the USA (though HR tribunals always enter my mind when I say that).
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