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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 8 Aug 2018
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      Overwhelmingly, the people who demanded the expurgation of Alex Jones probably never would have come across his 'content' in their own feeds. They were indignant that *others* had the opportunity to come across him https://twitter.com/antoniogm/status/1027073105464778752 …

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 8 Aug 2018
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      The impulse to deprive others of access to certain "content" for their own good is paternalistic: and it used to be more associated with the "think of the children" Right, who wanted to censor TV, video games, etc. Liberals manifest the impulse differently, but it's still there.

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        2. Michael Levinson‏ @mdlevinson 8 Aug 2018
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          This is an egregious false equivalence IMO. The religious right wanted to censor content they personally found inappropriate. Jones et al promote violence and hate at specific (classes of) people. They do palpable harm. Not at all the same.

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 8 Aug 2018
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          Religious right wanted to censor content that they thought did palpable harm to children.

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        1. Moustachioed Douche‏ @ahnonymous_a 8 Aug 2018
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          This, FFS. A THOUSAND TIMES THIS!!! 👇👇👇👇https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1027291640854130688?s=19 …

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          The impulse to deprive others of access to certain "content" for their own good is paternalistic: and it used to be more associated with the "think of the children" Right, who wanted to censor TV, video games, etc. Liberals manifest the impulse differently, but it's still there.
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        1. Ghoststein‏ @Goatstein 8 Aug 2018
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          I think in some cases we should think of the children, specifically the slaughtered ones slandered by a conman

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        1. Chris Young‏ @iamchrisyoung 8 Aug 2018
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          Could this be left-wing patriarchy at work??

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        1. thehyphed‏ @thehyphed 8 Aug 2018
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          https://youtu.be/8ISil7IHzxc 

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        1. Oops! The Planet! ⓥ‏ @TippingElements 8 Aug 2018
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          I know you don’t think this came from the Left but 75% of the spectrum agrees with this, esp the radical left. liberals have typically had a stand-down attitude (expose them, debate them, you make it worse, both sides) while allowing fascists to crush us, but even they agree.

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        1. Anna Nekrylova‏ @annanekryl 9 Aug 2018
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          E. g. @madonna has a high-quality Russian Wikipedia article (http://wikirank.net/ru/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0%20(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0) …) - but now people enjoy deleting @toriamos's quote from @LucyOBrienTweet book as a criminal case (148th Article for "offending believers"). That's another level. 😎 https://ru.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B0_%28%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%29&type=revision&diff=94359834&oldid=94276317 …

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        1. Bruce LeeRoy Jenkins‏ @KillDaWabbit2 9 Aug 2018
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          Jones is getting blocked because his malicious misinformation caused ACTUAL harm to innocent people, when his listeners issued threats against them.

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        1. Dave Ravicher‏ @Whtapl 8 Aug 2018
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          I think Shane has got it all wrong. I’d be fine with kicking Jones out of a restaurant, I’d also be fine chuckling at or ignoring his tabloid at the checkout counterpic.twitter.com/LAyvYt1Ait

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        1. theBelgian‏ @jericho71 8 Aug 2018
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          It's social media. We fool ourselves into believing online culture is "free and open" when it is actually very capitalistic. The self deception has turned culture into a slum, with all attendant meanness, vigilantism, mob rule and ads plastered everywhere that you'd expect.

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        1. MuteDialog‏ @MuteDialog 8 Aug 2018
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          Well if you act like children.....

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        1. Doc‏ @DoctorMan 8 Aug 2018
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          “For their own good” Whereas the good of the repeatedly harassed, grieving parents is a reasoning I can get behind.

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        1. Moira Rogow‏ @MoiraRogow 8 Aug 2018
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          I remember Tipper Gore doing her bit 'for the children'. Didn't realize she was on the right.

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        1. Rosamond California  💙‏ @R0samond 8 Aug 2018
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          For ALL OUR GOOD whether we directly look at his garbage or not

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        2. dicey fitz‏ @dicey__ 8 Aug 2018
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          This is a terrible take. Alex Jones is the equivalent of fake IRS spam calls and “you’ve been selected!” sweepstakes scams. If you don’t think that society should, accountably, be able to impede the spread of those type of predations through itself you’re probably a scammer too.

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        1. TracerTong322 🌹‏ @TracerTong322 8 Aug 2018
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          Please continue to explain to me how a man who profits from deliberate lies, and stokes violence and harassment is the real victim in all of this. Please, I would never want to appear irrational or to allow consequences to befall a multi-million dollar media company.

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