Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by drak0n1c on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:15PM
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Regarding the "FIRE!" analogy - there are journalists such as Glenn Greenwald arguing that media and politicians fearmongering the specter of right wing terrorism are the becoming the ones yelling "FIRE!" in a crowded movie theater, and the mass deplatforming of regular conservative groups and proposed Patriot Act 2.0 measures that will ensue is the movie theater suffering disproportionate and unnecessary harm as a result.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by amanaplanacanal on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:24PM
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Is there actually mass deplatforming of regular conservative groups? Where is this happening?
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by drak0n1c on Sunday January 10, 2021 @04:23AM
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On Facebook, “WalkAway” a community that was devoted to compiling hundreds of thousands of ex-Democrat video and text testimonials was banned. It was not about Q and didn’t advocate breaking into government buildings.
It was the most wholesome right wing space I’ve ever seen on the internet. People sharing their experiences being alienated by either how they saw media manipulate a story they knew about or by how divisive partisanship and cancel culture personally affected them. Welcoming each other in the comments regardless of their sexual orientation or race. It would have been a useful place to learn from but now it’s gone.