If that is true, then why do people (children) commit suicide over school bullying? Usually no physical abuse is involved, only verbal or online harassment.
Another funny argument a lot of programmers use is that why don't tolerant people tolerate intolerance.
They understand definition of tolerance and intolerance but never took any philosophy or history classes and don't understand development of tolerance as a philosophy or movement.
They see everything as binary data types instead of more complex classes.
There is a difference between reading and learning. When I read, that's exactly what I am doing.
When I need to learn something, I might read, watch lectures, do tutorials. If I am reading "Art of Computer Programming" for fun, then I would say that I am reading. But if I am reading it for learning, then I would say I am working or studying.
We can voice our opinions/concerns. This is very basic principle of democracy. Protests are one of the most important feature of democracy. Without protests, we won't have a lot of basic rights we take for granted now.
Online comments are probably the most weak form of protests. Spotify can ignore it or not. They may lose revenue or not. But no one is forcing anyone.
> "No matter how strongly I disagree with what you say, I will fight and die for your right to say it" principle.
I adhere to this principle when it comes to governments censoring hateful speech or anything.
But I prefer not to deal with any business that has hateful content, wether it was created by business owner or someone else. I vote with my money and I rather my money go towards businesses that don't benefit from hate.