&gt; Even John Stuart Mill, one of the biggest proponents of free speech philosophy, was okay in limiting free speech when allowing it would harm or cause damage to others. SCOTUS has also explicitly stated that first amendment (gov censorship) rights do not apply to threats of violence.<p>The SCOTUS and John Stuart Mill would limit the prohibition to actual harm and actual damage and actual threats. Being made to feel excluded from a community isn&#x27;t harm, having your ethical lapses exposed isn&#x27;t damage (or at least, it is not actionable), and being told your opinions suck is not a threat of violence.<p>&gt; The reddit execs have said as much through their communications, that they&#x27;re okay with allowing hateful and biased communities so long as they&#x27;re not targeting, damaging, or causing harm to individuals.<p>That is a fair summary of their words. However, a fair summary of their actions is that they will allow those communities to exist until they become embarrassing for Reddit, and then the banhammer comes down.