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Re:EFF is leaving X by bpt3 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @04:55PM (#47709929)
And how does picking and choosing which social media platforms they blast content onto fight fascism? Are Tiktok and Facebook leadership known for their antifascist stances?
Re:EFF is leaving X by p_j_w on Thursday April 09, 2026 @08:29PM (#47712094)
Encouraging people to use X drives money into the hands of fascists.
Re:EFF is leaving X by bpt3 on Thursday April 09, 2026 @10:03PM (#47712732)
Cross posting content isn't really encouraging people to use it.

If they want to make some principled stand against toxic social media, then have at it. This is pure pandering to a very specific group.

Re:EFF is leaving X by hakrgrl on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:37PM (#47712545)
Twitter, before Elon, was the company that literally banned your account for sharing the hunter Biden laptop story. That story was purported to be a "conspiracy theory" but was actually true. And people were locked out of their account for sharing it. That is true fascism.
Re:EFF is leaving X by solid_fuel on Thursday April 09, 2026 @10:36PM (#47712940)
True fascism: your twitter account getting locked

Not true fascism: when the government murders people in the streets of Minneapolis

Got it, thanks. Really lays bare your priorities.

Re:EFF is leaving X by hakrgrl on Thursday April 09, 2026 @11:04PM (#47713126)
"murdered": someone interfering with law enforcement and threatening severe bodily harm or death with a 4000 lb SUV is met with lethal force by a person fearing for his life.

Not murdered: literally everyone else in the entire state

My priorities are many, one of which is free speech. Another of which is law enforcement and equality under the rule of law. It's a shame she was killed but it's a dangerous game to threaten law enforcement like that. It's hardly ICE going out and randomly killing people as is being characterized.

What are your priorities? Defending people who abuse children and cross borders illegally? I assume it's not. So why not support ICE who is stopping that from happening?

Re:EFF is leaving X by tbrownaw on Friday April 10, 2026 @01:35AM (#47714046)
It's from Latin for a bundle of sticks.

Everything - government, companies, social clubs, etc - unified as elements of one cohesive State, all directed towards one shared goal.

It's not about being past some position on the badness meter, it's about how things are shaped.