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Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire by roenxi on Friday December 11, 2020 @10:52PM (#25395346)
Who are "them" and "these people" here? Republican voters? The Republican leadership?

Even if the plan is to marginalise Republicans by selectively suppressing their views on YouTube, it seems questionable if that will provoke the same response as banning "fatpeoplehate" and "coontown" from Reddit. Tensions are likely to increase.

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Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire by ardy42 on Friday December 11, 2020 @11:20PM (#25395488)
> Who are "them" and "these people" here? Republican voters? The Republican leadership?

I had in mind white supremacists, QAnon, Boogaloo Bois, etc. I don't think the people making false and baseless claims about the election being stolen from Trump can easily be dealt with this way, because too many high-status people have joined that bandwagon.

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