Because it very quickly becomes easier to say nothing than to deal with the endless demand for "debate".
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Thus, the ideas most popular with the worst-behaved/worst-equipped sectors of the community become enshrined as truth.
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Name a community or movement that brags that everyone is allowed to say anything as long as they back it up.
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I guarantee it will be 1) tiny, relatively closed, and close-knit, 2) completely horrible, or 3) both.
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I can't actually name any that fall exclusively under type 1 up there. But I can think of several that fit under 2 and 3.
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But the people in those communities think that it works so well, they want to export that attitude to the rest of the internet.
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If someone demands that you defend your speech, I advise telling them once that you feel comfortable with the case you have already made.
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The natural selection in ideas they're so eager to see will happen anyway. Naturally. Your ideas will live and die in the wild.
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They're trying to substitute a pissing contest (that they feel better equipped to win) for the natural marketplace of ideas.
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@alexandraerin duels aren't a normal feature of the marketplace of goods either, except when some fucker thinks it's okay to buy Sugar Pops
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