During the election, CNN hired hacks just to shout on screen. You turn politics into pro wrestling, and a pro will wrestle it away from you.
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Resistance != getting social media companies to become political & "boot off users". At least not useful, productive, successful resistance
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Nothing is non-political. Hosting them is a political act. And a morally indefensible one.
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It cuts both ways though. Once you go down the road of defining 'illegitimate' political content there is no telling where it will end up.
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No, that's not how it works.
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Both are subject to backlash. Backlash against one is self-defeating. Backlash against the other is empowering.
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Naive "neutrality" principles do not defend freedom and human decency. It takes hard work & organizing.
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These arguments would apply equally well coming from Trump to justify restrictions on CNN.
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You don't think Trumpists believe they are organizing for empowerment in support of freedom and human decency?
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Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Also that war was very much about resistance and fighting, to the death, about what some believed was wrong.
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I highly doubt people these days have the stomach for it, if that's what it took to liberate us.
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