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You know perfectly well it's not about "selling them a megaphone". It's about shutting them up. We witnessed it with Parler - the whole network infrastructure w

by smsm42 3y ago

You know perfectly well it's not about "selling them a megaphone". It's about shutting them up. We witnessed it with Parler - the whole network infrastructure was mobilized to not let them exist, in any way, in any form. And that's not the only case - spaces hosting dissenting views are constantly attacked with the aim to shut them down, permanently, forever. It's not about being "welcome everywhere", it's about not being able to exist anywhere. > because they no longer assume (as older generations have) that adults can wield a megaphone responsibly. No, because they assume they are entitled to decide who gets to speak and who doesn't, because they are good people and anybody who disagrees with them is evil and must be stomped into the ground (if necessary, physically).

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
> dissenting views This has strong "oh you know the ones" energy. https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744 https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174... Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes? Con: LOL no...no not those views Me: So....deregulation? Con: Haha no not those views either Me: Which views, exactly? Con: Oh, you know the ones
- smsm42 3y ago
  You know perfectly well that there are many views beyond "lower taxes" that are or were getting censored on large platforms. For example: origin of COVID, efficiency of masks and COVID mRNA vaccines, side effects of the above, necessity of lockdowns and vaccine mandates, election integrity, modern gender theory, gun rights (or anything related to guns), criticism of certain religions, and many others. You know, "the ones" that the government wants suppressed today - "the ones" that they get suppressed today. Your pretending that only something so heinous that ever their proponents do not dare to speak openly about it is getting censored is plain false, and I suspect you know it's false, you just like to pretend it's not because it allows you to cheaply dismiss all the concerns of your opponents as "the ones" and censor them while basking in your own moral superiority.

by smsm42 3y ago

Sohcahtoa82 3y ago

> dissenting views This has strong "oh you know the ones" energy. https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/1050391663552671744 https://twitter.com/ndrew_lawrence/status/105039166355267174... Conservative: I have been censored for my conservative views Me: Holy shit! You were censored for wanting lower taxes? Con: LOL no...no not those views Me: So....deregulation? Con: Haha no not those views either Me: Which views, exactly? Con: Oh, you know the ones

smsm42 3y ago
You know perfectly well that there are many views beyond "lower taxes" that are or were getting censored on large platforms. For example: origin of COVID, efficiency of masks and COVID mRNA vaccines, side effects of the above, necessity of lockdowns and vaccine mandates, election integrity, modern gender theory, gun rights (or anything related to guns), criticism of certain religions, and many others. You know, "the ones" that the government wants suppressed today - "the ones" that they get suppressed today. Your pretending that only something so heinous that ever their proponents do not dare to speak openly about it is getting censored is plain false, and I suspect you know it's false, you just like to pretend it's not because it allows you to cheaply dismiss all the concerns of your opponents as "the ones" and censor them while basking in your own moral superiority.