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> Removing Disqus integration from Breitbart would be a remarkable use of tech industry tools for political activism. I'm not sure more fracturing of American
by humanrebar 10y ago
> Removing Disqus integration from Breitbart would be a remarkable use of tech industry tools for political activism.
I'm not sure more fracturing of American political discourse would be a beneficial form of 'activism'.
- cronjobber 10y agoActual fracturing wouldn't necessarily be in his interest, but I guess we can assume that's not the goal anyway. The goal would have to be silencing the social media presence of the right, a return to the status quo ante of public discourse.
- fridsun 10y ago> The goal would have to be silencing the social media presence of the right *the alt-right Or, less euphemistically, the neo-Nazi.
- humanrebar 10y agoI'll reference the other thread about 'racism'; I don't know what 'alt-right' even means, so I don't know how to have an opinion about it.
- hsod 10y agowho's fault is that? there's plenty of articles out there, pick one or read a few and synthesize. Or go straight to the source: reddit.com/r/altright (warning: contains explicit white nationalism/anti-semitism)
- humanrebar 10y agoI'm broadly read on the subject. The problem isn't what I've read, it's what the next person or article means by the term. It varies wildly.
- programmernews3 10y agoAgreed. As a thought experiment: Imagine the owner of Google turned out to be a massive Trump supporter. Would it be acceptable to remove Hillary supporting websites during the run up to the election from search results as a political protest?