Even if they are not the views of the poster,
those views
are expressed!
That's what words are!
It wouldn't be okay to spraypaint racist remarks on a wall in jest.
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Newington, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 13:50,
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Perhaps,
but what you are doing with that comparison is ignoring the context. There is quite clearly a non-serious atmosphere about the place, whereas a public wall is not in a non-serious context.
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s0WmVHAwZgpG, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 13:54,
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This is a public website.
All the time there are racist-looking posts on the board we are turning away nice people or, worse, attracting real racists.
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Newington, Mon 4 Jul 2005, 13:56,
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