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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by dstola on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:28PM (#25709189)
Slippery Slope means just that, persistent and constant escalation of censorship which is exactly what is happening right now. Amazon jumped on the bandwagon behind Google Play and Apple store and Twitch and Facebook for internet SJW points and to not be left behind in the "I don't like what they say" Olympics.

I don't particularly agree with the messages of Parler or lean right at all, I am a staunch libertarian and believe that any and all opinions should be heard.

"Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." - not sure who to attribute it to since I don't know, but it is almost certain this censorship wave was started by a political party for political goals. The end result is the same.

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by jumelles on Saturday January 09, 2021 @10:51PM (#25709567)
> Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition

Well it's a good thing the government had nothing to do with this decision then!

Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by dstola on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:19PM (#25709919)
I think you underestimate the effect of politics in big tech. Lobbying happens for a reason and big tech does a very big portion of it.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by akhilcacharya on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:14PM (#25709866)
Weird for a libertarian to believe that a private corporation should be forced to accommodate potential customers...
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler by dstola on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:22PM (#25709951)
Missing the point here. My issue is silencing free speech/expression/liberty to do those things, not about any corporation in particular