Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by hef19898 on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:11PM
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How exactly do we have more right wing extremists in Germany in France? Because if you apply the same poitical standards, the FN and AfD are more like center GOP.
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Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by mancerayder on Friday March 12, 2021 @04:56PM
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This is a comment steeped in ignorance. But let's put aside that fact. Let's take the following logical conclusion
1. We should ban extremist views
2. The centrist GOP is extremist (since the Front National and the AfD are agreed extreme)
so obviously:
3. We should ban the GOP from Twitter and other places discussed in this thread.
^^ is anyone else seeing this?? Is anyone but me very very scared that people like this are possibly getting hired in Facebook and Twitter and Google?
Banning the GOP would be good for democracy? I've never voted GOP in my life, but the view you've espoused is extremist.
Re:You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
by hef19898 on Friday March 12, 2021 @05:08PM
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I never advoated banning the AfD or the FN, did I? If they are overstepping, like AfD politicians like to do in terms of Volksverhetzung, they get investigated. And if they vilated the law, the go on trial and ma get convicted. Sounds reasonable to me.
And yes, according to European standards, people like Ted Cruz are found in the AfD and FN. If you disagree, please share examples where AfD / FN positions differ from the GOP, meanin where these two parties are farther right then the GOP.