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Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by UncleMeat on Sunday July 18, 2021 @06:01PM (#27877073)
> That can only happen if you gave government the ability to throw you in prison for that

Why? The universe won't stop anybody from doing that just because laws exist. Authoritarians will not be halted by existing laws or norms. That's what I'm worried about. And that's why things like preventing fascists from organizing in public has merit.

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Re:Right or left, you should be worried about big tech censo... by robertlagrant on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:40AM (#27906088)
> Authoritarians will not be halted by existing laws or norms

I think this is exactly what they will be halted by. 1930s Germany was full of propaganda against Jewish people and other countries. Why bother doing that if authoritarians can just snap their fingers and force people to do things?

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