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We talk about how bad censorship is in China and North Korea but now we're applauding it within our own country? To be clear, I'm against everything QAnon has

We talk about how bad censorship is in China and North Korea but now we're applauding it within our own country? To be clear, I'm against everything QAnon has done and have had numerous debates to disprove their theories and it is _exhausting_. But it everyone's right to have their own beliefs. This _is_ a form of censorship. Facebook is a private platform and so has the right to do as they please, and we have the right to choose another platform -- but we shouldn't mistake what we're doing as some sort of noble act. The right to freedom of thought isn't about defending your right when you agree with it, it's about defending the right even when you _don't agree_ with it.

ChicagoDave 6y ago
All true, but the QAnon folks are bullying people, doxing people, and have actually killed people. It's no longer just a cute conspiracy theory. It's a movement with real actors attempting to destabilize democratic processes. It's not the conspiracy itself. It's the people holding it up and actively opposing anyone that disagrees with them in harmful ways.
- KerryJones 6y ago
  Hmm, that makes sense. My follow up question is how many of them are actually bad actors? Is it really many of them or is it actually just a few?
  - ChicagoDave 6y ago
    There's a confluence of Q adherents and KKK/racist folks who are more than willing to get violent, especially with 45 egging them on. There is evidence of Proud Boys who've been caught starting the looting in Minneapolis and Portland because they want to "start the race war". The whole Q thing is dragging our most vulnerable citizens into a conspiracy that is probably run by a few nerds from 4chan who are using it to make cash and have a joke. I picture these dorks, sitting in a basement, smoking dope, playing video games, throwing out suggestions to further the conspiracy. Nerd 1: "Hey! Let's tell them JFK, Jr is alive and will come back to help Trump!" Nerd 2: "Holy shit that's brilliant." Nerd 3: "Tell then Trump will replace Pence with JFK, Jr as VP. That will totally rile them up." Nerd 1: "Brilliant!" Nerd 2: "This is so much fun. What a bunch of idiots."

ChicagoDave 6y ago

All true, but the QAnon folks are bullying people, doxing people, and have actually killed people. It's no longer just a cute conspiracy theory. It's a movement with real actors attempting to destabilize democratic processes. It's not the conspiracy itself. It's the people holding it up and actively opposing anyone that disagrees with them in harmful ways.

KerryJones 6y ago
Hmm, that makes sense. My follow up question is how many of them are actually bad actors? Is it really many of them or is it actually just a few?
- ChicagoDave 6y ago
  There's a confluence of Q adherents and KKK/racist folks who are more than willing to get violent, especially with 45 egging them on. There is evidence of Proud Boys who've been caught starting the looting in Minneapolis and Portland because they want to "start the race war". The whole Q thing is dragging our most vulnerable citizens into a conspiracy that is probably run by a few nerds from 4chan who are using it to make cash and have a joke. I picture these dorks, sitting in a basement, smoking dope, playing video games, throwing out suggestions to further the conspiracy. Nerd 1: "Hey! Let's tell them JFK, Jr is alive and will come back to help Trump!" Nerd 2: "Holy shit that's brilliant." Nerd 3: "Tell then Trump will replace Pence with JFK, Jr as VP. That will totally rile them up." Nerd 1: "Brilliant!" Nerd 2: "This is so much fun. What a bunch of idiots."