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My apologies, I edited my comment but you responded before my update... That said, a big difference is that the taliban are not actively inciting Americans to
by michaericalribo 6y ago
My apologies, I edited my comment but you responded before my update...
That said, a big difference is that the taliban are not actively inciting Americans to storm the capitol en masse.*
And there’s not much domestic debate that they’re a problem. My belief is Twitter was pushed to this extent by the fact that it’s the president of the US, an inherently credible figure with huge sway among American citizens.
*edit to add: by ‘actively’ I mean ‘successfully, across thousands of Americans.’ They both incite violence in the US, but so far only Trump et al have accomplished a riot in DC that killed police...
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