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Re:Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, rep... by filoleg on Sunday December 24, 2023 @01:02PM (#38755238)
> Wow, you are openly advocating for speech to be allowed in cases where it is politically good and disallowed in cases where it is politically bad?

Not the person you are replying to, but I think the logic is a bit different than “is it politically good or bad.” It is more like “is this speech advocating for genocide of an ethnic group or is it just critical of/disrespectful to a religion.”

I think most people agree that those two things aren’t even close to being the same. Also, I don’t think that “talking negative about islam” has been a “politically good” thing in way over a decade.

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Re:Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, rep... by baobabKoodaa on Sunday December 24, 2023 @02:12PM (#38755818)
The people who advocate for censorship based on political opinions never stop at "censor genocide". They also want to censor a huge list of non-genocidal things. And my point is that these people don't seem to understand that they would not personally be able to make those case by case decisions - instead it's faceless bureaucrats who tow the party line.
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