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Was Gab actively supporting the hateful groups more than just giving them a speech platform? Because if not, this is truly terrifying. It seems like the "left"
by dgzl 8y ago
Was Gab actively supporting the hateful groups more than just giving them a speech platform? Because if not, this is truly terrifying. It seems like the "left" (whatever that means), with waves of ignorant support, is turning into the monster it thinks it's fighting against.
- threeseed 8y agoYou just seem like a parody right now. (a) Why did you turn this into a left/right issue ? (b) How is Paypal left ? (c) Since when is the left the only one responsible for censorship or ToS enforcement. Because many examples exist today where centrists and the right do this as well.
- jesssse 8y agoWeb platforms are censoring right wing conservatives. Which web platforms are censoring the left?
- tptacek 8y agoThese aren't "conservatives". Conservatives aren't racists and anti-Semites.
- nkurz 8y agoI'm not exactly a conservative, but I sincerely appreciate that you continue to make this distinction. Thanks!
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- detaro 8y agoI regularly see complaints about Twitter suspending people from the left.
- orf 8y agoIs there a difference?
- krapp 8y agoYou don't know what "the left" means, but you do know they're ignorant and equivalent to neo-nazis?
- pavlov 8y agoIt’s easy to say everyone has the right to a platform, but an overwhelming majority agrees that this shouldn’t apply to groups like pedophiles and Islamic State. The antisemitic alt-right is growing more violent. When do they cross the line, if you feel it hasn’t been crossed yet?
- jesssse 8y ago> antisemitic alt-right is growing more violent More violent than what? Not more violent than leftists.
- commandlinefan 8y agoI’m not sure that proving their consipracy theories accurate by censoring them is going to make them _less_ violent.
- Quanttek 8y agoPayPal is a profit-oriented company, not the "left" - whatever that boogeyman means. A company that doesn't want to support one of the most vitriolic, hateful platforms on the internet. Speech has consequences and can turn violent and this platform welcomed these people and this hate speech (by explicitly catering to those that got banned from other services etc). Relevant: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uok-rsp050317.php https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-05/uok-rsp05031...