&gt; There&#x27;s no need to denigrate people who may feel triggered or are offended, though.<p>I think that&#x27;s a misrepresentation of my opinion. I have nothing against people who feel triggered or offended. Frankly, a lot of the jokes on Reddit offend me. What I think is ridiculous is to try to force people to change what people are allowed to say just because you&#x27;re offended.<p>Re: triggers: at a point in my life, there were certain sounds and words that could trigger me. But what I did was I fixed it: I got therapy and I avoided situations where I was likely to experience those things. I didn&#x27;t go around trying to force everyone to participate in the treatment of my illness.<p>There are people who have immunodeficiency diseases that mean being around other people without a mask is dangerous to them: a sneeze could kill them. But we don&#x27;t make everyone everywhere wear face masks to keep them safe, even though they have a much stronger argument for protection: a trigger word at worst causes you to go into mild shock or have a panic attack, while an infection is likely to <i>kill</i> someone with an autoimmune disease.<p>Of course there are places where it makes sense to limit free speech to inoffensive material. Rape support groups are a good example (and there are subreddits for that). But at least in its heyday, Reddit was a platform of communities, and that&#x27;s most effective when you let those communities choose their own rules.<p>&gt; But, they should not also expect widespread adoption of their site. Most people are not vile and will be happy to move along to less hateful pastures.<p>...like most subreddits?<p>This is what I really don&#x27;t understand about this discussion; I feel like 99% of the people arguing about how bad Reddit is have little or no experience with Reddit. <i>Most</i> subreddits don&#x27;t allow hate speech.