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Today I opened facebook to reply to a message from my mum, I got autoplaying videos of Candace Owens and Ben Shapiro "destroying" liberals and trying to discred
by daleharvey 6y ago
Today I opened facebook to reply to a message from my mum, I got autoplaying videos of Candace Owens and Ben Shapiro "destroying" liberals and trying to discredit George Floyd. I hope we come out of this period with a better understanding of the responsibility we have of the effect of the technology we build, pretending the things we build are neutral and hiding behind "free speech" is not working
- macspoofing 6y agoI don't follow Candace Owens so I can't speak to that, but Ben Shapiro has been very sympathetic towards justice for the murder of George Floyd and calling on the cop to be punished - pretty much daily since the video came out. Why would you say he's trying to discredit George Floyd?
- daleharvey 6y agoThe Ben Shapiro video was the one title "destroying liberals" arguing against women being able to access healthcare / have abortions, the Candace Owens one was talking about how George Floyd wasnt a martyr. Ben Shapiro's twitter is predictably a constant stream of ridiculing the protests, that isnt being sympathetic towards justice for the murder, thats just saying something obvious that people have to agree with you before you announce your contrarian view.
- macspoofing 6y ago>Ben Shapiro's twitter is predictably a constant stream of ridiculing the protests I don't follow his twitter, but, at least on his radio show, he criticizes rioters and looters and takes care to differentiate them from protestors. I think that's fair. Rioting and looting is not the same as protesting.