Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by birdyrooster on Sunday January 10, 2021 @01:52AM
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Nope, because they weren't interfering with the ratification of a Presidential election. It's one thing to burn out a Target and another to ransack The Capitol while it is in session doing critical constitutional duties.
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Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by paulddraper on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:01AM
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It's better for people aggrieved by the system to loot and burn down community businesses than government buildings?
That is a very hot take.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by birdyrooster on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:13AM
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Yes, when that government building is the Capitol. It's more about the people inside the building than the building itself.
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler
by Trasmatta on Sunday January 10, 2021 @02:16AM
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And not just the Capitol, but the Capitol while the entirety of Congress is in session counting the votes for the incoming President.
It's one thing if this had happened on a random Wednesday, but the timing is what makes it so disturbing.
It's straight out of a wannabe dictator's playbook. The fact that it was incompetent and disorganized doesn't change that.