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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by blockmarker on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @01:31AM (#20622430)
>However, the baker in this case specifically argued that homosexuals should be prohibited even from purchasing pre-made off-the-shelf cakes that were not made-to-order. This clearly crosses the line into discrimination of a protected class, so in my view he ultimately got away on a technicality

If political ideology was a protected class, would you be opposed to Cloudfare dropping 8chan?

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by root_axis on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @12:49PM (#20626935)
I reject the idea that political ideology should be a protected class, but if it were, I would still support CF in this case since this ban was in response to acts of violence endorsed and enacted by the 8chan community, not as a blanket ban on all white supremacist content.
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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by blockmarker on Tuesday August 06, 2019 @05:55PM (#20630076)
EDIT: Rewrote the comment a few times.

It wasn't enacted by the 8chan community, it was enacted by the shooter only. And endorsed, well, I have seen many people on Reddit and Twitter who say that all Republicans are evil and should be killed, yet when Steve Scalise was shot, they weren't banned for their support of terrorism and assassination. The same principles you apply to your side should be applied to the other side.

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Re:8chan goes dark after hardware provider discontinues service by root_axis on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:56AM (#20635872)
> It wasn't enacted by the 8chan community

It was enacted by a member of the community and other members of the community voiced support for the acts before, during, and after the attacks.

> I have seen many people on Reddit and Twitter who say that all Republicans are evil and should be killed

You can find anyone saying anything anywhere on the internet, but it's very obvious to anyone who has actually used 8chan that it's a particularly toxic community that is generally friendly to violent ideologies.

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