web Should 4chan and KiwiFarms be banned?

[The Kaeya Simp 13,989]

no, as any censorship of any kind should be forbidden, as this infringes on your fundamental freedoms

[Misty Shadow 7,943]

On 2020-07-02 at 5:37 PM, CloudMistDragon said:

Glad all the comments replying have been anti-censorship so far, keep this train rolling. I have never been a fan of either despite visiting them both on odd occasions, but those sites are not the problem, the people using them are the ones who cause the problems. Let the bad man have his opinion, let the bad man be punished for his actions, better to live and let be than give bad men power to intrude on everyone's lives. 

I feel that what the me from a year ago said is more correct than ever now, considering how much worse censorship online has gotten in such a short amount of time, sadly. 

[Magpie 623]

No, despite my personal dislike of these sites. If we were to allow sites to be taken down because of distaste it creates a precedent for further shutdowns. They'd just move elsewhere anyways, the platforms aren't the inherent issue.

[The Kaeya Simp 13,989]

56 minutes ago, CloudMistDragon said:

I feel that what the me from a year ago said is more correct than ever now, considering how much worse censorship online has gotten in such a short amount of time, sadly. 

yeah, like right now, I'm already having to keep paying for a VPN because websites are getting banned really arbitrarily nowadays,
and sadly censorship isn't just a part of the digital domain, even most "free" countries have laws now that restrict your speech

[Megas 27,764]

On 2020-07-03 at 4:44 PM, Sunstreaker said:

I mean, unless they do something blatantly illegal(and believe me, they're always pushing that boundry, and probably passed it on a few occasions), but even then there are some lines even 4chan wouldn't cross. Remember, 8chan existed for users that were too much for even 4chan themselves

A year later and I still stand by this take

[Dreambiscuit 10,083]

I don’t know much about them, but banning, censoring, silencing and cancelling everything isn’t the one patented answer to all problems. If there’s something genuinely illegal going on they can be censured accordingly. Otherwise people can say and do what they want. There used to be such a thing as freedom in the world. And even though I doubt I’d like what goes on with some of these sites, it doesn’t mean they should be erased. There’s plenty of crap in the world that would serve the greater good if it were banned but there has to be a legal reason for doing so.