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Blizzard Suspends Professional Hearthstone Player for Hong Kong Comments

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2525 points hownottowrite | 2 comments | 08 Oct 19 09:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.457s | source
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reaperducer ◴[08 Oct 19 15:40 UTC] No.21193464[source]▶
I don't care about video games. I don't care about Blizzard. I've never heard of Hearthstone.

But I do care deeply about freedom of speech, and I'm getting tired of this crap.

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1. curiousgal ◴[08 Oct 19 15:49 UTC] No.21193576[source]▶
You can't use someone's event as a platform to express your political views when their terms forbid it.

Freedom of speech does not protect you form the consequences of your actions.

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2. EpicEng ◴[08 Oct 19 15:59 UTC] No.21193688[source]▶
>You can't use someone's event as a platform to express your political views when their terms forbid it

Their terms are a generic, vague catch all yo allow them to punish you for saying anything they don't like. There's nothing "explicit" about them.

And who cares really? The issue at hand is whether or not we, many of us Blizzard customers, feel that they have exercised their power in a just and defensible manner. Saying "welp they're a business and it's their platform!" is just a cop out. You're skirting the issue at hand and completely ignoring the ramifications of continual kowtowing to oppressive governments in ways which help them to further oppress.

The question isn't whether or not they _can_, it's whether or not they _should_.