Post A3EwRIgTLSvtTx4NUm by firewally@mspsocial.net
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 (DIR) Post #A3EwRIgTLSvtTx4NUm by firewally@mspsocial.net
       2021-01-12T16:36:32Z
       
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       I'm seeing a predictable set of arguments that the deplatforming of Parler is somehow an infringement on free speech for its users. Lots of ways we could pick that apart, but one that I want to focus on:Fascists/White Supremacists/Far-Right/Alt-Right deliberately conflate "free speech" with *recruitment*. It's a strategy and we need to deploy defenses.
       
 (DIR) Post #A3Ex3vEcSkii37SS5g by nremind@fosstodon.org
       2021-01-12T16:47:03Z
       
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       @firewally Funny, I'm seeing a lot of people justifying actual fascism (aka censorship of ideas) by labeling anyone who has been censored as a "fascist" or "nazi". I'm sorry, but Ron Paul is definitely not a fascist.
       
 (DIR) Post #A3Ex3xn4xbTNyZb052 by wizzwizz4@fosstodon.org
       2021-01-14T21:06:47Z
       
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       @nremind @firewally I haven't seen any of that. I *have* seen people calling out actual fascist rhetoric, though. Take a look at, say, this thread: https://nitter.net/nathanoseroff/status/1137093842849677312 See anything problematic in the images of text?The censorship is the exception, not the norm. Maybe some of it's even unjustified. As things are, though, you've got certain people systematically identifying the vulnerable, building up and riling up crowds and directing them against their chosen targets.