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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by valuearb on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:50PM (#25732743)
Whataboutism! Whataboutism!

The fact that a platform didn’t do the right thing before, doesn’t mean it can’t do it now.

What, you came out of the womb with perfect understanding of right from wrong?

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by flyinglizard on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:00PM (#25732910)
I don't think Twitter had any difficulty discerning right from wrong when it came to ISIS, even back in 2016.
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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by valuearb on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:38PM (#25733738)
Which is why it did the right thing at the request of US intelligence services, and kept them up so they could track and gain info on them.
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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by hcurtiss on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:52PM (#25737846)
Revealing a political bias evidenced by selective enforcement is not "whataboutism." It's informing motive.
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