# The left hates free speech

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-hates-free-speech/673720>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [November 12, 2013, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-hates-free-speech/673720 "2013-11-12T13:39:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-left-hates-free-speech/673720/136 "2013-11-14T11:18:54Z")

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> [@BrainGlutton](#):
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> The **OP** is pretty fucking dumb. Subsequent posts show some intelligence, or at least some serious attempts to exercise it.
> 
> There’s a lesson here somewhere.

If by OP, you mean Original Poster, you are posting a direct insult outside Great Debates.

If by OP, you mean Original Post, you are threadshitting.

So please do not waste our time by claiming that you did not “really” mean to break the rules.

(SimulWarning—only one applied.)

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