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Cheerleading for the COVID/Biden era of social media moderation seems to have been predicated on the belief that the Democrats would always be in power. It was

Cheerleading for the COVID/Biden era of social media moderation seems to have been predicated on the belief that the Democrats would always be in power. It was always just a matter of time before these systems were turned against those on the left.

spencerflem 2y ago
Unless you consider Biden leftist, they always have been. Even when he was around, you'd get muted for talking about Palestine. Also, if we're playing a game of 'who started it', look at the response to the artists and activists against the Global War on Terror. The OG cancel culture
- ceejayoz 2y ago
  > The OG cancel culture Hardly the OG. We've kicked people out of our social groups since before we had language; all the other primates do it naturally in the wild just like we do. McCarthy's blacklists, Focus on the Family trying to knock shows off the air, tarring and feathering during the revolution, the Alien and Sedition Acts... this country has always practiced cancel culture.
  - spencerflem 2y ago
    ^^ very true, shouldn't have called it that Hate the idea that the right never would have done all the things they promised they want to do, if Biden hadn't "started it". As if the problem of Biden is that he was too radical, went too far, and did too much lol
ADeerAppeared 2y ago
This is a hilarious claim given that none of the current action is going through the legislative path, and the tech billionaires freely bend the knee to Trump even before the inauguration. What's even the material point here? That "the left" pierced the taboo on speech censorship? Trump's currently wiping his ass with the separation of powers enshrined in the constitution. He does not care about taboo.
somedude895 2y ago
I've always said that to leftists, particularly with "hatespeech" laws: Remember that the government will change at some point, and this could be used against you. Used to be you weren't allowed to criticize the Church, or say things that displease religious people. The laws you're supporting now could well lead to that being the case again in the future. But they just couldn't fathom a world where they wouldn't shape the narrative. It's the curse of progressives that they think society is always moving toward a utopian endpoint that they already envision. With this story it appears to be primarily about restrictions on advertising pharmaceuticals, but if it was simply Meta considering abortions immoral, then yeah... Meta has been banning a lot of legal speech simply because it was considered immoral in certain circles. So to all the people outraged over this: You reap what you sow, and hopefully you learn to be careful about what you wish for in the future because it can always go both ways.

spencerflem 2y ago

Unless you consider Biden leftist, they always have been. Even when he was around, you'd get muted for talking about Palestine. Also, if we're playing a game of 'who started it', look at the response to the artists and activists against the Global War on Terror. The OG cancel culture

ceejayoz 2y ago
> The OG cancel culture Hardly the OG. We've kicked people out of our social groups since before we had language; all the other primates do it naturally in the wild just like we do. McCarthy's blacklists, Focus on the Family trying to knock shows off the air, tarring and feathering during the revolution, the Alien and Sedition Acts... this country has always practiced cancel culture.
- spencerflem 2y ago
  ^^ very true, shouldn't have called it that Hate the idea that the right never would have done all the things they promised they want to do, if Biden hadn't "started it". As if the problem of Biden is that he was too radical, went too far, and did too much lol

ADeerAppeared 2y ago

This is a hilarious claim given that none of the current action is going through the legislative path, and the tech billionaires freely bend the knee to Trump even before the inauguration. What's even the material point here? That "the left" pierced the taboo on speech censorship? Trump's currently wiping his ass with the separation of powers enshrined in the constitution. He does not care about taboo.

somedude895 2y ago

I've always said that to leftists, particularly with "hatespeech" laws: Remember that the government will change at some point, and this could be used against you. Used to be you weren't allowed to criticize the Church, or say things that displease religious people. The laws you're supporting now could well lead to that being the case again in the future. But they just couldn't fathom a world where they wouldn't shape the narrative. It's the curse of progressives that they think society is always moving toward a utopian endpoint that they already envision. With this story it appears to be primarily about restrictions on advertising pharmaceuticals, but if it was simply Meta considering abortions immoral, then yeah... Meta has been banning a lot of legal speech simply because it was considered immoral in certain circles. So to all the people outraged over this: You reap what you sow, and hopefully you learn to be careful about what you wish for in the future because it can always go both ways.