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> The more contrarian the view—the further it falls outside the community's tolerance—the more responsibility that commenter has for not triggering degenerative effects like flamewars.

This sounds similar to the “yelling fire” censorship test

it’s not that we censor discussing combustion methods, there would be no effect if everyone else was also yelling fire

But people were watching a movie and now the community’s experience has been ruined (with potential for harm), in exchange for nothing of value



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