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Stripe quits processing payments for Trump campaign website

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Re: Stripe quits processing payments for Trump campaign website

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I've seen the phrase 'threat to democracy' thrown around this week to justify silencing voices. If you're afraid of what someone who thinks differently will vote for, then maybe democracy itself is the problem.

Did you object when Twitter banned accounts belonging to ISIS or Al Queda?

Re: Stripe quits processing payments for Trump campaign website

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I've seen the phrase 'threat to democracy' thrown around this week to justify silencing voices. If you're afraid of what someone who thinks differently will vote for, then maybe democracy itself is the problem.

At this point all of this is just an old-fashioned witch hunt. Rowan Atkinson was not referring to Trump but his exact words apply here.

People's mentality has not changed even a bit since medieval times.

Wouldn't be surprised if people downvote my comment here too because they cannot accept that statement.

Re: Stripe quits processing payments for Trump campaign website

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I've seen the phrase 'threat to democracy' thrown around this week to justify silencing voices. If you're afraid of what someone who thinks differently will vote for, then maybe democracy itself is the problem.

I respectfully disagree. When a politician and party are inciting violence, encouraging a coup, and undermining the foundations of democracy then I think we’ve crossed over the line from needing to be accepting of different views.

Re: Stripe quits processing payments for Trump campaign website

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I've seen the phrase 'threat to democracy' thrown around this week to justify silencing voices. If you're afraid of what someone who thinks differently will vote for, then maybe democracy itself is the problem.

At this point all of this is just an old-fashioned witch hunt. Rowan Atkinson was not referring to Trump but his exact words apply here. People's mentality has not changed even a bit since medieval times. Wouldn't be surprised if people downvote my comment here too because they cannot accept that statement.

Less than a minute and my assumption already proved to be true. Fascinating how people crave for echo chambers.

Re: Stripe quits processing payments for Trump campaign website

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I've seen the phrase 'threat to democracy' thrown around this week to justify silencing voices. If you're afraid of what someone who thinks differently will vote for, then maybe democracy itself is the problem.

I respectfully disagree. When a politician and party are inciting violence, encouraging a coup, and undermining the foundations of democracy then I think we’ve crossed over the line from needing to be accepting of different views.

If that was the only criteria we'd need to remove quite a few of them, including Pelosi.

Re: Stripe quits processing payments for Trump campaign website

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I've seen the phrase 'threat to democracy' thrown around this week to justify silencing voices. If you're afraid of what someone who thinks differently will vote for, then maybe democracy itself is the problem.

The election results are not in question. Biden won.

What we fear are those who wish to violently overturn Bidens legitimate win.

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