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Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by ardy42 on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:51PM (#25827687)
> I don't see why a future collapse into tyranny of a country in Europe would have to involve a revival of the symbols of any particular defeated regime.

In the US, at least, the current (seemingly unsuccessful) slouch towards tyranny definitely does involve the revival symbols of a particular defeated regime: the Confederacy (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/14/us/Kevin-Seefried-arreste...).

Though it might not really be a "revival," since the symbols were never really killed off in the first place. A lot of the flashpoints building up to this one involved removal of these symbols.

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Re:Parler’s de-platforming shows the exceptional power of cl... by mcguire on Monday January 18, 2021 @06:12PM (#25827888)
It might also be worth pointing out that those flashpoints were originally put into place deliberately, in a mostly failing attempt to bring the country back together, and then left in place until they went off.
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