How do you know that most of the user base supports censorship when anyone who speaks up against it is banned and their comments deleted? I think there's a vocal something (minority, majority, unsure) that likes censorship as long as it's not happening to them. I think their posts that suck off the power tripping mods remain on the site.
It is like protesting/rioting without the approval of the rulers. If you protest you might end up in jail with property seized, that is quite a deterrent.
Good point. We really have no way of knowing how many of us their are, other than just antidotal evidence from daily life. So many people don’t want to shake the boat and maybe just repeat the script that hate is bad. It takes a true enlightenment to see hate is just a defense against the statically true behavior for a bell curve of people. I think it is not easy to reach this enlightenment these days and many would choose to just outright look away versus rocking the boat. Sadly with free speech come things that rock the boat and scare away vast swathes of people.
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