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Re:Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its platform by zanellato19 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:34PM (#25677048)
> This is a political statement that says only some political views are acceptable and others are not approved.

That has been the case since forever. White supremacy gets you banned from sites, for example, and that is a political stance. What is the difference between that and whats happening here?

Re:Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its platform by mc32 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:45PM (#25677200)
One is an extremist group just like ISIS or the weather underground, the other is a mainstream political party?
Re:Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its platform by amanaplanacanal on Thursday January 07, 2021 @04:30PM (#25677789)
Nah. Even his own party is calling him out.
Re:Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its platform by mc32 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @05:22PM (#25678483)
So? It doesn’t make them right. We’re going on principles here. Politicians go on what’s expedient.
Re:Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its platform by amanaplanacanal on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:16PM (#25679008)
You said mainstream. If even his own party thinks he is extreme, I don’t know what to say.
Re:Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its platform by mc32 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @06:32PM (#25679157)
I don’t see the disconnect.

The store sells merchandise. It’s not selling riot gear or items taken from the ill advised occupation. I don’t know if anything the store sells which is controversial.

Even Snowden and Greenwald people the left admired when expedient, disagree with how social media is tripping over itself to seem pious.

All these media who are virtue signaling have awful offenders on their sites. They don’t care. They only care if it makes them look virtuous.

Glenn and Edward are on the left politically but they are honest leftists who see the idiocy behind these moves. The utter and disgusting loss of the freedom of speech among Americans.

Re:Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its platform by raxxorrax on Friday January 08, 2021 @03:54AM (#25682883)
I seriously doubt the vast majority of his followers are white supremacists, Trump himself isn't one. I don't understand how anyone could believe so.

Some indeed need disclaimers: Not an endorsement of Trump.