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This may or may not have been a political move, but the theme of certain partisans celebrating when their perceived enemies are deplatformed is disturbing, espe
by themgt 6y ago
This may or may not have been a political move, but the theme of certain partisans celebrating when their perceived enemies are deplatformed is disturbing, especially given the parallel phenomenon of politically inconvenient stories being termed "Russian disinformation" that's our societal imperative to suppress.
It shouldn't require too much of your imagination to wonder if one day you will be on the wrong end of this corporate shunning. Jacobin for example is complaining Facebook is blocking their pro-Marxist posts on Bolivia. If your position is "the values enforced by these trillion dollar multinational companies will surely never come into conflict with my own!" you're a fool or a stooge.
https://twitter.com/sunraysunray/status/1320078487970041856 https://twitter.com/sunraysunray/status/1320078487970041856
- sascha_sl 6y agoAre you allowed to celebrate if you (as a minority group, possibly individually) are materially hurt by these platforms? Also this is far from corporate shunning, these are deeply socially unacceptable positions too. PayPal already has a long list of things it deems unacceptable. When I worked for an artist community that had an NSFW section we got weekly threats from PayPal compliance, I don't think sites like Patreon fare much better there. I don't see how this is special. Getting banned from PayPal is far, FAR away from "being shunned by all corporations".