AntiFash Gordon

“Unlike Facebook, Telegram is a valid and appropriate place to organize an ethnic cleansing” is a *very* spicy take, Willhttps://twitter.com/willcarless/status/1125777869991550977 …

I’m saying there’s a fundamental difference between people sending closed, private communications to each other than to posting publicly and using a platform to advertise hate.

Telegram is a platform, and the groups are public and searchable. E.g. You can find Laura Loomer’s by typing “Loomer” into the search bar. But even if it wasn’t, why do you think privately organizing for genocide is better than publicly doing it?

I didn’t say it was better. I said it’s fundamentally different I don’t agree with what these people are saying on any platform. But I’m not sure I agree with completely banning them from communicating, either

(1) Do you use Telegram? Because you don’t understand how it works. These are PUBLIC groups that work pretty much like Facebook pages. (2) Even if what you are claiming is true, why do you think a particular platform is obligated to help the them organize an ethnic cleansing?

Don’t put words in my mouth. I didn’t say platforms are obligated to help people organize ethnic cleansing, dude. I believe, as I have said, that tech companies have the right to decide who to host/platform. That’s their right. If Telegram wants to ban these folks, ok