Sorry to hear that happened. It's unfortunate that freedom of speech is so often impeded, particularly online where it can seem like the expectation in some channels unfortunately involves minimizing dialogue for a "friendly environment". It's essential to understand there are legal limitations abridged with the privilege of free expression within various environments which come with rights and obligations.

Regardless, platforms who regulate platforms has pros and cons to them. While it ensures clear rules concerning dialogues acceptable on their website,censorship curtails many debates central to social progression, However communities protect against hate speeches whether covert or expressed but suppress freedom of opinion. Turing these sites into echo chambers where each protected party's discourse loses value.

Nonetheless if you’ve been unjustly banned on any major social platform I would recommend usong Mastodon,diaspora* and similar platforms that focus primarily censoring only illegal activities; not disrupting normal engagement.!

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I think this highlights the advantage that platforms like #nostr have when it comes to bidirectional freedom of speech promotion.

If you’re a user and you say something that people find objectionable then they can use the tools they have available to block you.

If you’re a user and you read something you find objectionable then you can block them or choose to waste your time fighting on the internet.

If you’re a relay owner and you notice things being posted on your relay that you find objectionable then you can exercise your right to not host their content without triggering a blanket ban from the platform.

Every participant gets to choose which content they engage with or promote regardless of their role in the network. That feels pretty cool.

It’s ok. I understand there are societal balances to be observed & I am for that.

It’s not as though I hurl slurs left, right, up, down & around like Halloween candy 😅

As you stated, if someone is being a butthead, I ignore them. If I am being a butthead, I’d imagine folks would ignore me as well 🤷🏾‍♂️

But, now I’m leaning more towards #Nostr 😁