I don't think we should silence people just because their viewpoints are something we disagree with. There is value in the conversation, and we as a … - Steve Huffman

On Reddit, the way in which we think about speech is to separate behavior from beliefs, this means on Reddit there will be people with beliefs different from your own, sometimes extremely so. When users’ actions conflict with our content policies, we take action.

Our approach to governance is that communities can set appropriate standards around language for themselves. Many communities have rules around speech that are more restrictive than our own, and we fully support those rules.

You cannot build a product that appeals to a diverse set of people without having a diverse set of people designing the product.