So you oppose labeling speech as “hate,” because you understand how easily that leads to censorship by those in power. But then you support labeling Bitcoin transactions as “spam,” even when they follow consensus and pay fees, simply because of their content? It’s the same core issue: Who gets to decide what’s acceptable in open systems? In society, it’s supposed to be collective human judgment — not state-enforced definitions. In Bitcoin, it’s the fee market — not a handful of devs or filtered relay policies. Open systems self-regulate. If we start pre-filtering based on fear, optics, or personal values, we’re not protecting freedom — we’re rebuilding the very control structures we claim to resist.

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BitcoinIsFuture 3 months ago
But you see that hate speech leads to horrific results. I am not saying that people should endorse hate speech. Hate speech is not part of any Culture. Good speech needs to be endorsed. Same with spam. Spam will lead to terrible results. We can't 100% ban it or stop it but lets not endorse it and lets not make it an easy entry.