I've gotten into a lot of internet debates with people who are fully willing to cede the fight against racism and authoritarianism to the state, condemning antifa as needlessly violent, etc.
Except for the term a lot, that's the opposite of my experience. Instead, I've seen cheering when, eg, Facebook & Google on the same day (last Monday?) gave up any pretence of being common carriers (albiet with distinct terms of service) by openly declared themselves agents of the Pentagon in dumping InfoWars into the obscurity of its own website.
No loss in itself, but today I read that Facebook took down Venezuelanalysis.com last week, and this week did the same to telesurtv.net's English language page. Temporarily, admittedly, but you know they'll be going after left-wingers far more often than they will the right.
Leftists cheering for Facebook or Twitter et al to police speech reminds me of Communists cheering the success of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in May, 1941.
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Date: 2018-08-14 08:16 am (UTC)Except for the term a lot, that's the opposite of my experience. Instead, I've seen cheering when, eg, Facebook & Google on the same day (last Monday?) gave up any pretence of being common carriers (albiet with distinct terms of service) by openly declared themselves agents of the Pentagon in dumping InfoWars into the obscurity of its own website.
No loss in itself, but today I read that Facebook took down Venezuelanalysis.com last week, and this week did the same to telesurtv.net's English language page. Temporarily, admittedly, but you know they'll be going after left-wingers far more often than they will the right.
Leftists cheering for Facebook or Twitter et al to police speech reminds me of Communists cheering the success of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in May, 1941.