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Cinder
@Triquetrea
I'm not particularly a libertarian, but eh. I also had this reaction. Libertarians, I and others had this "apeshit" reaction because it was obvious who would profit by censorship. (Spoiler: It's powerful, censorious institutions.)
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Catherine
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does anyone else remembering every single libertarian on twitter going apeshit in response to the "twitter should ban nazis" predicting that this exact thing would happen instead i thought they were being overdramatic twitter.com/intifada/statu
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Cinder
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Libertarians also have the additional idea that you shouldn't have any sorts of rules governing verbal interactions. The more moderated position is that companies like Twitter/Facebook are not fit for making and enforcing these rules for everyone else.
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
Nobody should shed a tear for hacks like Milo and Alex Jones getting deplatformed. It's the manner in which it is done and the nature of that power that's worrying, for almost anyone capable of some forethought.
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
I also don't think it's an exaggeration to say this outcome was completely predictable from the get-go. A pretty good indicator for how hollow and performative our democracies are, is how terrible people are at basic civics.
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