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> Xitter has become a fascist haven, Uh no. But then knowing what a person means with the term "fascist" is difficult to know. https://www.orwell.ru/library/a
by ThinkBeat 2y ago
> Xitter has become a fascist haven,
Uh no.
But then knowing what a person means with the term "fascist" is difficult to know.
https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/efasc https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/As_I_Please/english/e...
Censoring content, and removing users was done by Twitter and Facebook
as the behest of who was in power.
Now someone else is in power they lean towards them instead.
Under the current regime they removed users, censored content,
hired people to ensure politlca correctness.
All moving farther away from free speech.
The way it apeparsr to move now, that the same companies align to a new regime
is opening up speech.
If you have reached the conclusion that your political opponents should
not be allowed to speak, and that is the only way to keep free speech,
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>Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in favor of freedom of speech for precisely the views you despise. Otherwise, you’re not in favor of free speech.
-Noam Chomsky
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"I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.
—Voltaire, 1770
> Seems to have strong opinions on how things should run in the EU as well.
People in the US expression strong opinions about how other countries
or regions should be run is, for those who pay attention, just the way
things are.
When the US expresses strong enough opinion about how other countries
or region should be run they impose sanctions or arrange regime change
and even downright invasion.