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The status quo is that it is illegal to rob Nazis, but legal to choose not to provide DDoS protection for them. It's the second bit people are objecting to here...


I would love for them to sue Cloudflare and bring up the fact that Cloudflare is knowly hosting illegal ddos-for-hire services which forces people to buy DDOS protection.....


But the argument is about due process: are we actually sure that an Bob is a a Nazi, or did him neighbour create a fake twitter account to impersonate him? Is it his namesake that he never met?

What if Steve is Bob's conpetitor and conveniently accused Bob of being a Nazi?

Suppose Bob is a nazi but hasn't commited any crimes, how far can we go, what else can we deny, can we refuse them a website? A mobile phone connection? electricity and running water? School for his child?




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