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I can't believe he got cancelled for such a mild statement.

saubeidl 1y ago
The right wing has exposed their hypocrisy on free speech and cancel culture for the whole world to see. It was never about principles, it was always just self-serving agitprop.
- gjsman-1000 1y ago
  All you had to do was look at Reddit or BlueSky after the shooting; and I think they popped a nerve. In the meantime, the CEOs of Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and Steam have been casually "invited" to Congress to have a little chat this October. Personally, I'm expecting Discord's CEO (considering his background at McKinsey, need for blame shifting, spotting the most vulnerable person in the room) to make Huffman look like an idiot and start acting like a Redditor. There's no way Huffman manages to overcome his lack of interview experience, 20 years of Reddit brain, and decade of being the CEO responsible for everything, when needled.
  - red-iron-pine 1y ago
    facebook, apple, palantir, twitter have all bent the knee or are otherwise locked down by leadership -- they will tow the line. these are the next steps in locking down the online discussion realm. they will eventually go after places like tumblr and roblox next.
  - suzdude 1y ago
    So Hegseth should have been pulled from Fox News after laughing at jokes about Paul Pelosi's attacker, right? He should have been forced to resign in shame?
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago
  But the Twitter files!
  - throw310822 1y ago
    The twitter files were also bad. Not as bad as the stuff Trump is doing, but still bad.
    - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
      > twitter files were also bad. Not as bad as the stuff Trump is doing The Twitter files were ambiguous. The FCC chair publicly threatening to pull a network’s licenses over their content is not. Anyone who voiced up about the Twitter files who hasn’t about Carr is a partisan hack.
      - throw310822 1y ago
        Absolutely. This is pure fascism. But let's not make the mistake of pretending there are zero faults on the other side, even if of smaller magnitude compared to this.
- Ancapistani 1y ago
  I was very hesitant to comment on this, due to the current political climate - but I’m going to do so anyhow, and ask that you keep in mind that while I associate more with the right than the left, I’m an Anarcho-Capitalist. I’m an outsider to both sides, and my intent here is to share an observation because I believe it’s relevant. From what I’m seeing in right-wing spaces, this is much more than hypocrisy. Much of the right has made the explicit decision to abandon their principles because they believe that the left will ultimately attempt to destroy them when they regain the White House. Whether that belief is accurate or not, they seem to be willing to give Trump significantly more latitude to suppress the left as a result of it.
  - saubeidl 1y ago
    Interestingly, I have beliefs pretty opposite to yours - Titoist would best describe them. I believe Biden should've aggressively suppressed the right to avoid the exact scenario we now find ourselves in. Imo they are proving that belief right.
    - Ancapistani 1y ago
      Interesting! The right has a very similar corresponding argument; their predictions have also been coming true. I wonder if that’s a side effect of the current political discourse or the intention of whatever or whomever is driving it.
karakot 1y ago
When you get cancelled by the goverment it's censorship.

The right wing has exposed their hypocrisy on free speech and cancel culture for the whole world to see. It was never about principles, it was always just self-serving agitprop.

gjsman-1000 1y ago
All you had to do was look at Reddit or BlueSky after the shooting; and I think they popped a nerve. In the meantime, the CEOs of Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and Steam have been casually "invited" to Congress to have a little chat this October. Personally, I'm expecting Discord's CEO (considering his background at McKinsey, need for blame shifting, spotting the most vulnerable person in the room) to make Huffman look like an idiot and start acting like a Redditor. There's no way Huffman manages to overcome his lack of interview experience, 20 years of Reddit brain, and decade of being the CEO responsible for everything, when needled.
- red-iron-pine 1y ago
  facebook, apple, palantir, twitter have all bent the knee or are otherwise locked down by leadership -- they will tow the line. these are the next steps in locking down the online discussion realm. they will eventually go after places like tumblr and roblox next.
- suzdude 1y ago
  So Hegseth should have been pulled from Fox News after laughing at jokes about Paul Pelosi's attacker, right? He should have been forced to resign in shame?
JumpCrisscross 1y ago
But the Twitter files!
- throw310822 1y ago
  The twitter files were also bad. Not as bad as the stuff Trump is doing, but still bad.
  - JumpCrisscross 1y ago
    > twitter files were also bad. Not as bad as the stuff Trump is doing The Twitter files were ambiguous. The FCC chair publicly threatening to pull a network’s licenses over their content is not. Anyone who voiced up about the Twitter files who hasn’t about Carr is a partisan hack.
    - throw310822 1y ago
      Absolutely. This is pure fascism. But let's not make the mistake of pretending there are zero faults on the other side, even if of smaller magnitude compared to this.
Ancapistani 1y ago
I was very hesitant to comment on this, due to the current political climate - but I’m going to do so anyhow, and ask that you keep in mind that while I associate more with the right than the left, I’m an Anarcho-Capitalist. I’m an outsider to both sides, and my intent here is to share an observation because I believe it’s relevant. From what I’m seeing in right-wing spaces, this is much more than hypocrisy. Much of the right has made the explicit decision to abandon their principles because they believe that the left will ultimately attempt to destroy them when they regain the White House. Whether that belief is accurate or not, they seem to be willing to give Trump significantly more latitude to suppress the left as a result of it.
- saubeidl 1y ago
  Interestingly, I have beliefs pretty opposite to yours - Titoist would best describe them. I believe Biden should've aggressively suppressed the right to avoid the exact scenario we now find ourselves in. Imo they are proving that belief right.
  - Ancapistani 1y ago
    Interesting! The right has a very similar corresponding argument; their predictions have also been coming true. I wonder if that’s a side effect of the current political discourse or the intention of whatever or whomever is driving it.

karakot 1y ago

When you get cancelled by the goverment it's censorship.