Five years ago, the media launched a campaign to define conservatives as "racists and white supremacists." Five days ago, they changed the terms to "seditionists and domestic terrorists." The first is to dehumanize the opposition; the second is to justify their repression.
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I don't think sedition or coup is accurate language. The QAnon Shaman wasn't trying to overthrow the government and install himself as the new potentate. I think political riot, even political violence, is more accurate and the instigators should be held accountable for it.
But what we're seeing with the destruction of Parler, for example, is the extension of the "domestic terrorism" framework to millions of conservatives and their institutions. This is deliberate and pernicious.
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I agree the censorship of Parler is outrageous. It was not Apple's or Google's place to make this call. If they really believe this app makes people violent, they should report it to the authorities.
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But in my lifetime, conservatives have always thought to dehumanize the LGBT community to justify their hate. Yet if they get criticized for it I hear "ah ah ah, religious freedom." Now that it's something that they can't finger wag away, they are livid.
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