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So if you think a movie is good, but you're afraid to post that because there are people making death threats to people posting the "wrong" opinion then you're in the wrong for being a coward?

Because banning death threats is forcibly silencing people?

Please tell me I'll reading that wrong.




>So if you think a movie is good, but YOU'RE AFRAID to post that because there are people making death threats to people posting the "wrong" opinion then you're in the wrong for being a coward?

You answered your own question. Its already a crime to make death threats. If you are afraid to speak your mind or otherwise do what you think is right because you are afraid of the consequences, whether they be crimes or not, you are a coward.




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