1. When did I say anything about the First Amendment? The concept of freedom of speech goes beyond protection from government actors, even if not legally enforceable via Section 1983 claims. Don't pigeonhole.
The general notion of free speech is well recognized on this server. Indeed, the guidance from admin whenever someone complains about the content of speech is to "press H" or even in words of Whitefish21 himself, "Some peoples skin needs to thicken up. Just my opinion." This advice was in response to a thread complaining about the repeated use of "fag" and various creative though tasteless variations thereof.
The same approach is typically taken to folks upset over haxusations, insults about family members, etc. The mute tool has generally been reserved for repeated and excessive vulgarity, etc. disruptive to the community.
2. I didn't spam chat. Review the logs.
3. The approach, in my opinion, was heavy handed and an arbitrary and capricious exercise of admin authority given the lack of server rules or guidance relative to the matter at hand. I bring the issue here to you all as a community, despite knowing full well that you'll dog pile me because you always back each other, because my goal is to better your community and avoid it becoming a censored shithole like vq37.
Happy killing.
