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Then the down vote is as well.

Change the downvote policy or quit calling yourself a free speech site.

Policed speech is never free.

Then the down vote is as well. Change the downvote policy or quit calling yourself a free speech site. Policed speech is never free.

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>Joined 7d ago

Here 7 days and you think you have the right to change the culture? Move back to california if you don't like it. Don't come into someone else's home and start trying to rearrange the furniture. Lurk moar until you understand the function of the downvote button.

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Apparently only established accounts enjoy free speech on this site?

Your hypocrisy is showing.

You cannot have strict restrictions on a form of speech AND claim it's a free speech site at the same time.

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Your name is fitting as your conclusion doesn't follow. What restrictions? You've said what you wanted.

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I want to downvote how I want.

Currently there is a policy. Policies are by definition policing.

I'm ok with following rules.

I'm not ok with hypocrisy.

This is NOT A FREE SPEECH WEBSITE.

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Why should I have to understand.

I want to use it how I want, freely.

You are telling me to learn the rules, i.e. learn how it's policed.

Admit POAL IS NOT A FREE SPEECH SITE OR REMOVE THE RESTRICTIONS ON FREE SPEECH.

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  1. You're behaving like a nigger. (the peedes, qtards, and fat people hate behaved the same way when they came to Voat and we all called them out for it)

  2. You can downvote whatever you want you'll just be labeled an asshole for doing so.

  3. If you don't like it here you're free to fuck off.

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Labeled.

Use the policy.

JUST ADMIT ITS NOT A FREE SPEECH WEBSITE.

IT IS POLICED SPEECH.

AND USING NOTHING BUT AD HOMINEMS PROVES IT.

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What if the up vote isn't a form of speech though?

What the fuck do you do then?

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What is it then?

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A feature on a website?

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I can mash any button I want.

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To voice your approval?

VOICING is a form of speech.

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A tool to help indicate that a post is off topic or spam

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How about quit telling us how to run our website in order to please you. Stop with the entitlement mentality.

One could make the same argument that the downvote button is censoring people's free speech.

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How about quit claiming you're about free speech when one of the most basic forms of speech is regulated?

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There is no perfect format. If this place is not a good fit for you than you should probably find another. Fact is some people will complain no matter what.

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I didn't say there was.

I just pointed out the obvious hypocrisy of a site claiming to be free speech, but imposing restrictions on the most basic form of speech.

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The upvote is a form of speech?

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Abso fucking lutely.

The most basic form.

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Interesting. The upvote isn't mentioned in the but I hadn't thought of it that way.

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I use it to voice my approval.

Others may use it however they want.

Point is, a POLICY, by definition, polices speech.

Thus POAL is not free speech.

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The upvote is a form of thumbs up and flashing somebody a thumbs up is a form of speech. Flashing somebody a thumbs down is also a form of speech.

Flashing somebody a thumbs down is not censorship.

👎👎👎 look at me I'm censoring you👎👎👎 u mad? 👎👎👎

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I would upvote you, but poal won't allow it.

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Change the downvote policy or quit calling yourself a free speech site.

lol

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Lol.

That's all you have?

You've lost the debate.

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okay

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Now you're moving my post around.

God youre a fucking faggot.