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When one group does something unassailable bad - like raid capitol hill - it embolden radicals from other groups, just raising the bar below which acceptable actions happen.
We're going to see a lot more arbitrary banning among people who might have done 'very bad things' and maybe deserved some kind of censure.
Was the agent fired for writing something specifically, or simply for signing up for these networks?
"The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency was distressed to discover this morning, January 25th, that one of our agents has been using the social media platforms Gab and Parler. We do not condone this activity, and we apologize to anyone who has been affected or offended by this," De Chiara wrote. "The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency has in the past and will continue to ensure a voice of unity, equality, and one tha…
Was the agent fired for writing something specifically, or simply for signing up for these networks?
According to the article it appears she signed up and actively encouraged others to join as well explicitly for the lack of censorship. "In a November 12 tweet, Oefelein invited followers to join her on the conservative social network, which she described as "a great platform with no censorship." Oefelein suggested earlier this month that she may also use the far-right social networking site Gab." The fired agent als…
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"The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency was distressed to discover this morning, January 25th, that one of our agents has been using the social media platforms Gab and Parler. We do not condone this activity, and we apologize to anyone who has been affected or offended by this," De Chiara wrote. "The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency has in the past and will continue to ensure a voice of unity, equality, and one tha…
The unstated assertions that a person simply visiting Parler or Gab is a form of harm to others is astonishing.
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Which is of course, not to say that perpetuation of false victimhood doesn't happen, nor that some people should not be cancelled. But we see both of those things happen all the time.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Letter_on_Justice_and_Open_D...
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According to the article it appears she signed up and actively encouraged others to join as well explicitly for the lack of censorship. "In a November 12 tweet, Oefelein invited followers to join her on the conservative social network, which she described as "a great platform with no censorship." Oefelein suggested earlier this month that she may also use the far-right social networking site Gab." The fired agent als…
Should people lose their jobs for being Christian, conservative, and the slightest bit vocal?
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Parler was passed around in many conversations with everyday, normal people who signed up thinking "I'll check this out". Signing up wasn't some pact with evil to them. And there are plenty of fascists on Twitter.
But from everything I've heard from people who have signed up thinking "I'll check this out," the net response is, "oh my God, this is so much worse than I could have ever imagined."
Was the agent fired for writing something specifically, or simply for signing up for these networks?
Meanwhile: There's presumably a lot of very free* speech in the Parler data dump, connected to people's verified accounts, which could easily be finding its way to employers, who in turn get to decide how they want to handle it.
* racist, treasonous, violent, etc.