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Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations by Clubber on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:45PM (#37861245)
Yes, all the people who couldn't imagine the censorship being used against "their team," here it is. It always happens. Censorship is the tool of authoritarians. Fight it in every form.
Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations by medvezhenok on Thursday October 12, 2023 @03:29PM (#37861939)
Mirroring my comments elsewhere:

In an ideal world we would not have censorship, but people would be punished for death threats and violent action. However, most governments do not have the resources needed to enforce such punishment in the scale necessary (in these cases). When the need for that supercedes the capacity of the state to control it, the devil's bargain to censor speech instead.

Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations by 2356234562537 on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:48PM (#37861316)
Well. My team doesn't hold rallys where people yell to gas the jews after a major terrorist attack. So... It's not that I can't imagine it being used against me it's just that I don't do that anyway so not being allowed to do it isn't a loss.
Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations by kweingar on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:53PM (#37861389)
There is violent rhetoric at all rallies related to this war, pro-Israel rallies included. Most people do not say such terrible things, some people do say them, and the opposition paints the whole rally as endorsing that stance. That’s the way it goes.
Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations by jabradoodle on Thursday October 12, 2023 @03:07PM (#37861630)
That is not what they banned, I strongly suspect that is already illegal.

Also, your "my team" take is bordering on, if not racist. There is no "other team", they are diverse individuals who have opinions that differ from yours.

Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations by jamie_ca on Thursday October 12, 2023 @05:22PM (#37863325)
Pretty sure with "my team," parent was talking American politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally
Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations by Clubber on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:53PM (#37861390)
Once a population is ok with censorship, they enable censorship, so eventually it will be a loss. That's what's happening right now.
Re:France bans all pro-Palestinian demonstrations by giraffe_lady on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:54PM (#37861410)
I really doubt any pro-palestine activists were surprised by this one?

The tactic of contacting our employers expecting them to fire us is a couple decades old at least. We are routinely called anti-semites for condemning treatment of palestinians.

And in the US currently the right is the one with the book-banning campaign? Again idk really how you can paint this as a surprising twist lol. We all saw it coming.