• DarkThoughts
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    62 years ago

    Then you should actually upvote it to encourage the discussion instead of being the usual bigoted troll.

    • 10A
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      72 years ago

      You can advocate for free speech while downvoting the content of the speech. That’s the whole principle of free speech. It’s not just for the content we upvote; it’s specifically for the content we downvote.

      • DarkThoughts
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        42 years ago

        No. The vote buttons are not meant to be used as your personal like & dislike button and you full well know that already too.

        • 10A
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          62 years ago

          You’re talking about old-school reddiquette, which even reddit itself forgot eons ago: upvote well thought-out comments even if you disagree with them. And I actually do that to a degree, even if I dislike the author’s point. But if I think the comment is wrong in some way then I downvote it. That’s not to say I want the author silenced, just that the down button is there to be used sometimes.