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Re:“Mark Changed the Rules” Facebook Went Easy on Alex Jones... by themolecularman on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @04:05PM (#26255901)
> Or maybe they could simply not promote any political content at all. Or even de-emphasize/throttle political content - as long as its applied evenly, across the board.

How can they do that when in today's climate "all things are political", "silence is violence", you're offending someone's free expression, how do they determine that my art is political?

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Re:“Mark Changed the Rules” Facebook Went Easy on Alex Jones... by coolgeek on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @09:07PM (#26258877)
That's not in any way an accurate description of "today's climate". It's cherry picking quotes from a very small - but very vocal - minority of only one side of the overall political spectrum that is "today's climate"
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