People downvoted you but there’s some truth here. There’s only one thing that comes to mind:

> First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist.

> Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

> Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

> Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

I know, I know. Nobody is killing anyone, so let them close any group they don’t like. It’s not a problem amirite?

It’s more like: First they came for the fascist but I didn’t speak up because fuck those guys. Then they came for the meme stock traders, and what the fuck even is this timeline.

Bottom line is corporations are self serving, and the poem doesn’t really hold up to what is happening.

That first paragraph is straight up poetry

Honestly that's so perfect.

“what the fuck even is this timeline” is my new mantra! Thank you :-)

Maybe I should have added a smiley face to explain my hot take was both extremely tongue in cheek and my real reaction at the same time :-)

The timing was not fun at all. 4 years ago it would have been interesting to treat Trump equally, or wait until the end of his term +1 more bad comment. It was a political coordinated attack against him (and I am saying as a person who's not a Trump fan).

It was a politically coordinated response to a politically coordinated attack on the capitol. What else could be done? At the very least, dog whistling, hyperbole, and calling the electoral system fraudulent without evidence proved he was an extraordinarily dangerous leader. I would go further to say he was completely open to an uprising to regain the throne

I implore everyone to go re-read all the HN articles about Trump and far-right deplatforming where numerous --highly downvoted-- comments quite correctly predicted what was coming.

Trump was "only a test."

Yeah, remember when people were saying "there is no slippery slope, they'll definitely stop at fascists!" Sounds like someone who's never read a history book.

It really does surprise me how few people seem to remember history, and how these things always go. It starts off with "those objections people" and then eventually turns on everyone else. But maybe this time it'll be different I'm sure ;)

Oh yeah. Just look at Alex Jones. Do I support anything he says? Not really, but he should not be deplatformed. These objectionable voices are going to get much stronger as a result.

Alex Jones was the test. Trump was their show of force. If you can "cancel" the president of the USA, you can cancel anyone. The big tech cartel sent a message that they're the new dictators of the flow of information.

The two situations are apples and oranges. Trump violated many rules in his years on Twitter. Twitter let him go on for things that would have resulted in a banhammer for anyone else. Same goes for the alt-right. They were allowed to go on for a very long time. Despite the hate and harassment they generated. Are you arguing Trump should have received special treatment forever? That sites can't moderate as they see fit?

On the other hand, these WSB bans seem to be related to external pressure from some very wealthy people. Not really the same situation. And not something that's new to the Internet. Digg's blocking of the HD-DVD key comes to mind. Or sites that removed content under threat of a lawsuit.

Orange man still bad. Most haven’t realized that the establishment used every trick in the book to install their preferred patsy. They will understand in time.

Show evidence for large scale voting fraud, or you don’t have a case.

Yes, I can’t believe how they treated the orange man who was such a great warrior in service of truth, justice, and shining American success.

Like the flawless presidents before him. Didn't get his c*ck sucked in the wh. Didn't lie about a tragedy to start a new war. Did other shitty things. It's a joke that Americans act like this guy was the first bad president.

Lol, this wasn’t the first bad President, this was the first openly lawless president since Andrew Jackson.