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Re:Tumblr and why ‘the porn-friendly era of the internet is ... by ifqwz on Saturday October 15, 2022 @02:16PM (#33217188)
One of their victories is you equating "far left/right" to "calls for political violence"
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Re:Tumblr and why ‘the porn-friendly era of the internet is ... by DoctorOW on Saturday October 15, 2022 @10:33PM (#33220569)
In my experience, when someone talks about "political ideas that are censored" they mean:

1. Ideas that are directly trying to silence others or obscure empirical reality.

2. Ideas that actually can be said but are marketed as being "censored" or "counter culture" to give weight to a narrative.

3. Vague gestures to some other idea that is supposedly neither 1 or 2 but is unable to provide any evidence

I would love to add a fourth entry but in the same way it's inaccurate to assume this is 1 (Apple's "victory", apparently), it would be equally inaccurate to not categorize your views in 3 until you were able to provide specific evidence.

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