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I bet China would be happy to help. It also cracks me up that people on this site were almost entirely in favor of a TikTok ban, but when it’s someone else’s go

by ein0p 2y ago

I bet China would be happy to help. It also cracks me up that people on this site were almost entirely in favor of a TikTok ban, but when it’s someone else’s government doing what amounts to the same thing then they’re “heading down a dark path”. Could folks please make up their minds and not treat the US as though it’s exempt from the “dark paths”?

ndarray 2y ago
For starters the US never threatened VPN users with a $9k daily fine
- ein0p 2y ago
  That’s what’s coming next.
  - HaZeust 2y ago
    I've heard that for 15 years straight, they went for adult content RealID before going for VPNs - which, if your beliefs end up being true - was a ridiculous order of priority. Thus, I don't think they'll go for VPNs.
    - BadHumans 2y ago
      You'd think with all of the people saying "they won't go after..." and being wrong people would show a bit less hubris.
seanw444 2y ago
Ah yes, the platform that advocates free speech is totally worth the same hate as the platform that is a demonstrable psyop by a communist regime.
- hungie 2y ago
  If you believe X advocates free speech, you have an imperfect view of X or free speech. Maybe they made your political speech more permissible, but they are clamping down hard on other speech. Free speech absolutists should be just as irritated by today's X as yesterday's Twitter. Subbing out one set of permitted speech for a different set is not a free speech win.
lbrito 2y ago
Pretty simple explanation: US good, rest bad. January 8th in Brazil - "troubled Southern American country", "broken democracy", "banana republic" January 6th in the US - just a blip in the world's most perfect democracy. etc.
- ein0p 2y ago
  US media in a nutshell: https://imgflip.com/memetemplate/460629937/our-blessed-homeland-their-barbarous-wastes https://imgflip.com/memetemplate/460629937/our-blessed-homel...

by ein0p 2y ago

ndarray 2y ago

For starters the US never threatened VPN users with a $9k daily fine

ein0p 2y ago
That’s what’s coming next.
- HaZeust 2y ago
  I've heard that for 15 years straight, they went for adult content RealID before going for VPNs - which, if your beliefs end up being true - was a ridiculous order of priority. Thus, I don't think they'll go for VPNs.
  - BadHumans 2y ago
    You'd think with all of the people saying "they won't go after..." and being wrong people would show a bit less hubris.

seanw444 2y ago

Ah yes, the platform that advocates free speech is totally worth the same hate as the platform that is a demonstrable psyop by a communist regime.

hungie 2y ago
If you believe X advocates free speech, you have an imperfect view of X or free speech. Maybe they made your political speech more permissible, but they are clamping down hard on other speech. Free speech absolutists should be just as irritated by today's X as yesterday's Twitter. Subbing out one set of permitted speech for a different set is not a free speech win.

lbrito 2y ago

Pretty simple explanation: US good, rest bad. January 8th in Brazil - "troubled Southern American country", "broken democracy", "banana republic" January 6th in the US - just a blip in the world's most perfect democracy. etc.

ein0p 2y ago
US media in a nutshell: https://imgflip.com/memetemplate/460629937/our-blessed-homeland-their-barbarous-wastes https://imgflip.com/memetemplate/460629937/our-blessed-homel...