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So let me get this straight: It was fine when violence was insighted during the Arab Spring, but now it's not ok? I'm British and live in England so have no ski

So let me get this straight: It was fine when violence was insighted during the Arab Spring, but now it's not ok? I'm British and live in England so have no skin in the game, just amazed at the double standards by the major social media companies. On second thoughts perhaps I shouldn't be that surprised.

x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
Are we going to sit here and act like the stated goals of the Arab Spring and Trump supporters are remotely equivalent morally?
- Glide 6y ago
  From the perspective of their respective governments? Yes. Absolutely yes. The hands of those on the levers of power change over the years. Beware what you give them.
  - x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
    But we aren't talking about governments, we are talking about Reddit and it's userbase.
  - x86_64Ubuntu 6y ago
    And they've always had this power. It's only become problematic in the past few months when white supremacists and their sympathizers felt pressure of being marginalized off of major platforms. It was never a problem before then.
LatteLazy 6y ago
Violence is permissible only when you have no other option: no votes no representatives, no reliable elections, no fair courts etc. When America (or any other country) lacks those then the people can and should take to the streets. But we're not there. We have people inciting violence because they lost a fair election (by a wide margin). They had their chance in the battle of minds, at the poll booth, in the courts and even in the senate. They've lost fair and square.