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Re: Banned British far-right figures return to Twitter within hours of takeover

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post #47

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BS. Far right is both openly pro censorship and also works hard at silencing opposition. They also complained about being treated unfairly even when they are given much more leeway then their opposition

4chan is considered "far right" because they don't censor speech

That and right wing shooters originating and radicalizing in there.

Re: Banned British far-right figures return to Twitter within hours of takeover

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post #89

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Perhaps something that should make you more skeptical of your beliefs, in the name of which you want to censor other beliefs.

In a former life I ran a company that had forums for our customers that could be viewed by the public. Our policy was to never delete or edit posts. It was great until we had about 2000 customers. Then we got a handful of about 10 nutjobs who formed a small clique to cause trouble. They disagreed with some of our policies & fees, which is fine - we let them have their say about it. The problem was, instead of just le…

There's a difference between forums, where everyone sees the same posts, and platforms, such as twitter, where everyone chooses who to follow and block.

How should Elon Musk deal with irrate Tesla customers on twitter? If necessary, by blocking them, but not by banning them from twitter.

(Death threats of course are an extreme case, in which even banning someone from a platform can be justified.)

Re: Banned British far-right figures return to Twitter within hours of takeover

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post #14

The far left extremists on Twitter are still there, spreading hate, and never got banned. Why so much attention to the far-right?

What is far-left extremism? Marxism, cancel culture, environmental cultures (eg Just Stop Oil, Degrowth) etc all seem to focus on behaviour rather than the biological traits that attract far right attention. I'm sure there are exceptions but being a dick isn't a protected class, so people attacking you for it aren't kicked off.

The votes on this comment are a disaster. I've seen it go up to +2, and down to zero more than once. Clearly a few people think I'm wrong but a downvote doesn't tell me or others why.

I know Left and Right are tribal lines, but in the context of a conversation, consider that downvoting something because it attacks something you identify with might not be as effective as engaging in that conversation. I'm probably too late with this reply to catch anyone, but I can only hope.

Re: Banned British far-right figures return to Twitter within hours of takeover

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post #31

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"People hold views that other beings should be enslaved or exterminated, so what?" The kind of sentiment you're expressing often comes from people who are either ignorant of fascism / authoritarianism and how it affects societies, or are apathetic towards those outcomes. You must understand that there are people out there primarily driven by fear and hatred, that, once given positions of power, will use that power to…

Thats a grade school level strawman. You may not be wrong but your argument is.

could you share why you think that to be so? I felt that my example was a specific subset of “beliefs”, which is very much on-subject.

Simply throwing out “logical fallacy!” when you think it occurs doesn't really drive the conversation forward.

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