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Re:Mailchimp outlines right to ban users for “inaccurate” co... by wasdfff on Saturday October 31, 2020 @12:46PM (#24952890)
I think its absurd to me how this is somehow seen as a novel thing. You say something awful in kindergarden, you will be suspended. You try and write something awful in an op ed to the local paper, and it won’t ever get published. You call in to a radio station and say something awful, and you are taken off the air.

I don’t see why a private company with a website is any different than the above situations that no one bats an eye about. No one is entitled to grab any available microphone and say something awful. The only privilege you have is that the government shouldn’t go after you for this. Not that you shouldn’t get the privately owned microphone removed from your hands. And the government is not throwing alex jones into a jail cell despite the hysteria.

Re:Mailchimp outlines right to ban users for “inaccurate” co... by wait_a_minute on Saturday October 31, 2020 @05:01PM (#24955173)
It's simple - just think about how quickly you'd change your mind about this if it was your worldview that was getting shut down by these platforms.
Re:Mailchimp outlines right to ban users for “inaccurate” co... by wasdfff on Sunday November 01, 2020 @12:08PM (#24960841)
Maybe I’d question why my worldview was so widely considered in the wrong
Re:Mailchimp outlines right to ban users for “inaccurate” co... by wait_a_minute on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @12:30AM (#24976668)
Make sure to keep in mind that # of people holding a worldview has no bearing on whether or not it is true. Billions of people believe in an ancient supreme fairy ruling over the cosmos - there being billions who would consider non-belief wrong does not in itself contribute anything meaningful to the conversation.