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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by lightgreen on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:08PM (#25739258)
Parler was not "designed to host right wing extremists", same way 1st amendment was not designed to provide free speech to "right wing extremists".

It was designed to provide free speech to everyone. And hypothetical right wing extremists occasionally use it same way they use telephones and supermarkets.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by redleader55 on Monday January 11, 2021 @06:32PM (#25739696)
This looks a lot like the gun discussion. Some people believe X is just a tool, other people say because X is used for doing bad things, it should be banned. Technically this is exactly the line separating left from right, I don't think there will be a conclusion or agreement on this.
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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by lightgreen on Monday January 11, 2021 @07:52PM (#25740738)
> conclusion or agreement on this

Agreement may be in discussing hard facts and not assigning emotional labels.

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