Interesting data point. I just don't trust our political process in the US enough to trust it not to slide down a slippery slope if one is potentially present.

Interesting data point. I just don't trust our political process in the US enough to trust it not to slide down a slippery slope if one is potentially present. I'm 40 years old and have watched US political discourse get worse and worse over my entire life span. Today's political discourse is hyper-polarized and almost entirely devoid of rational discussion. The irony is that the Trump phenomenon is part of why I feel this way. Legitimizing censorship could ironically allow some future totalitarian movement to more easily use that censorship to its advantage. So if we ban Gab, we're creating a legal precedent that could be used by the very people we're banning if they (or anyone remotely like them) ever gain power. I also have a sense that if the Trump cult fails to obtain power we might see a "left" totalitarian movement next. There is so much anger in this country that whether we get fascism or totalitarian socialism/communism probably depends on which side is able to field the most compelling demagogue.