The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed moment for everyone

Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by 9985479945_ on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:26AM (#25957484)

When your platform becomes a means to drive violent action against society, either physical or financial, it’s no longer censorship to shut it down.

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by eecc on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:31AM (#25957550)

Uhm so if you’re a group of out-group “retards” you’re violent, but if you’re a well groomed lad in a suit it’s a-ok “just the invisible hand at work”?

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by jayspell on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:30AM (#25957546)

What WSB is doing is peaceful protest. Based on your definition of violence the Montgomery bus boycott was violence.

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by Karunamon on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:27AM (#25957511)

Censorship is a description of an action, not a value judgment. Restricting someone's ability to speak is censorship.

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by m_a_g on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:28AM (#25957520)

And how did WallStreetBets "drive violent action against society" exactly?

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by Zigurd on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:41AM (#25957667)

This comment sums up how to miss the point: Calls for physical violence should get you banned. "Financial violence" is among consenting adults, and nobody dies.

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by flyingfences on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:27AM (#25957507)

Do you care to explain how buying a stock constitutes "violent action against society"?

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by bdcravens on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:41AM (#25957665)

Then virtually any platform, including HN, can be shut down under this definition.

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by ceejayoz on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:30AM (#25957541)

Initiating a short squeeze isn't "financial violence". C'mon.

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Re:The censorship of WallStreetBets needs to be a watershed ... by engineer_22 on Friday January 29, 2021 @09:28AM (#25957518)

You have not shown how WSB is violent.

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