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I saw many calls for violence by the left on twitter and even worse on reddit. "Punch a nazi" applied to anyone with any hint of right leanings, "Smash starbuc
by colordrops 6y ago
I saw many calls for violence by the left on twitter and even worse on reddit. "Punch a nazi" applied to anyone with any hint of right leanings, "Smash starbucks", even calls for killing republican politicians. etc
And there was definitely suppression of non-liberal viewpoints on many sites.
I don't agree with most conservative views, but I am not so tribal and blind to irony that I think it's ok to apply different standards to one side vs another. "But they are different!" - says the blindly loyal team player.
- xref 6y agoNone of this is happening because someone posted “punch a lib”. Your argument is extremely disingenuous. You can read through AWS’s complaint against Parler and see some of the shocking content they refused to moderate.
- colordrops 6y agoWhat is "this" you refer to when you say "None of this is happening"?
- Rapzid 6y agoThe left.
- colordrops 6y agoI would consider myself part of "the left". It's not an illusion or gross generalization. The entire US political system is explicitly separated into "the left" and "the right", similar to most other democracies.