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I am advocating the right for private organizations to ban fucked-up ideologies from their services. That this is being framed as some sort of totalitarian assa

• ThrowawayR2 8y ago
  > I am advocating the right for private organizations to ban fucked-up ideologies from their service. Can we start with yours? /s This has nothing to do with "right-wing rot". We already have ample historical examples of what happens when those wielding power, whether religious, royal, or financial, can suppress views and speech and it wasn't a good thing! The Enlightenment and the birth of the liberal movement (now classical liberalism, I suppose) were in reaction to those abuses and they fought many hard battles to get us the rights we enjoy today. It would be insane to throw that away for a little temporary advantage.
  • archagon 8y ago
    You're speaking as if these groups are working to amend the Constitution. It's a ridiculous comparison. Worse yet, all this anger is a massive distraction. We should be talking day and night about the rampant voter suppression and e-voting security flaws that do actually pose an existential threat to our democracy. But no, let's just focus all our attention on Gab for weeks on end.
    • ThrowawayR2 8y ago
      > We should be talking day and night about the rampant voter suppression and e-voting security flaws that do actually pose an existential threat to our democracy. In that much, at least, I will agree with you.