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user-inactivated  ·  3424 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Reddit's New Content Policy

/r/coontown is a containment sub. Let them have their corner of the net. As you found out, places like this make it easy to find out the real face of someone. I look at this stuff in the exact same way that I see the "Confederate" flag. If you wave that flag, I immediately assume you are an asshole until you prove different. Same thing with the containment subs. I'd much rather keep these people in their corner where it is easy to keep an eye on them than to let them scatter and mess up the rest of a site.

Free speech is messy, and sometimes unpleasant. But either we all get it, or none of us will be able to speak our minds.