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The lemmy devs and users are rigidly against hate speech / free speech. they are afraid it will push away many users who are more sensitive, and ruin the quality of discussion. they don't tolerate free speech instances.
but who knows, they might be right.
Normal people do not like reading hate speech.
Communities without moderation quickly turn to shitholes.
This is not a Lemmy issue, it’s human nature.
The devs don't stop anyone from running their own instance, like most of the Fediverse they just won't federate their own instances with hateful ones.