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Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours by anigbrowl on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:04AM (#25668091)
This will be an extremely unpopular comment and will probably be the end of my ability to post on HN

Pre-emptive victim posturing to gain sympathy for your argument. Do better.

What we saw today was precipitated by mass deplatforming and censorship. When you take away the ability of people to participate in peaceful political discourse, you push them towards violence.

Bullshit. I've deplatformed quite a lot of people. It doesn't happen by accident, someone has to be openly promoting genocide or the like before I'm willing to spend time, effort, and reputational capital in pushing them out of the room.

Half of the American electorate currently feels profoundly unheard.

Why, did they accidentally mute Fox News, OAN, or talk radio? There's an entire industry based around airing the grievances of Trump and the sort of people who support him.

Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours by serf on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:47AM (#25668384)
Pre-emptive victim posturing to gain sympathy for your argument. Do better.

You need to re-read the community guidelines, specifically the 'In comments' section, in the interest of self-improvement and doing better.

Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours by happytoexplain on Thursday January 07, 2021 @09:09AM (#25671175)
The GP starting off by painting himself as the underdog about to speak out against all us hiveminded folks is a more severe violation of the rules than the parent pointing it out.
Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours by wankerrific on Thursday January 07, 2021 @02:19AM (#25668186)
“Industry” is the key word. It’s all about making money from the fan base
Re:The account of realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours by crististm on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:08AM (#25669698)
shit; I meant, do you see a _saint_ in the mirror? Silly me!