I'm only gonna argue for pushing free speech absolutism on the internet because it's way easier to try to create a bunch of sites with wild west rules from 10+ years ago than it would be to try and establish a legitimate and fully-functional libertarian/ancap paradise in real life. So I don't have much internal conflict for taking a hard stance for it online. I can defend pedos online without worrying about being assaulted or abducted, unlike real life public spaces, for instance. Same with other highly volatile topics. Free market of ideas, and all that.

I appreciate the argument about losing one battle in a bigger war you're trying to win, but I want you to not attribute all possible bitterness the OAG brand receives towards idealism. There's another major factor, in that OAG was a figure of hope (maybe not a top10 hope, but still) for people who are feeling trapped in demoralization, but the leadership has changed hands and there's little reason to expect the same under new leadership. Such an audience has been burned too often to have use of promises; all you can do for them is make a good product, consistently (which was hopefully already a goal).

I'm only gonna argue for pushing free speech absolutism on the internet because it's way easier to try to create a bunch of sites with wild west rules from 10+ years ago than it would be to try and establish a legitimate and fully-functional libertarian/ancap paradise in real life. So I don't have much internal conflict for taking a hard stance for it online. I can defend pedos online without worrying about being assaulted or abducted, unlike real life public spaces, for instance. Same with other highly volatile topics. Free market of ideas, and all that.

I appreciate the argument about losing one battle in a bigger war you're trying to win, but I want you to not attribute all possible bitterness the OAG brand receives towards idealism. There's another major factor, in that OAG was a figure of hope (maybe not a top10 hope, but still) for people who are feeling trapped in demoralization. Such an audience has been burned too often to have use of promises; all you can do for them is make a good product, consistently (which was hopefully already a goal).