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nunbeater
The insurrection ABSOLUTELY was a threat to our democracy and saying that it wasn't is extremely short sighted. Congress went back into session the same day AFTER things had gotten more under control but they did it in direct defiance of the insurrectionists and at personal risk to themselves. If someone attempts to murder you but fails does that mean they are zero threat? The problem is if they are not successful then presumably they would try to murder you later. I take back what I said about the insurrection being toothless though, they murdered a cop with a fire extinguisher. They were ready to murder Representatives. They just failed because it was a bunch of idiots with a bad plan but that doesn't remove the motive & the fact that they tried to overturn the elections results using force. holy fuck overturning free & fair elections by force, sounds like fascism.
cancel culture isnt fascism. In fact many companies have enjoyed a rise in sales (Goya beans anyone?) when they claim they are the victim of not being able to express themselves or not being PC or what ever. People being held accountable for saying stupid shit isn't fascism. You have all of your freedom of speech. Wrongthink? I think women should be able to have abortions freely. I have never bombed anyone because of this belief. Whereas people have literally bombed abortion clinics. Again no one is suppressing your speech or anyone's speech really. You are still free to say all the shit that you wanna say. But people do not have to support you doing it, they do not have to let you on their platforms to do it, they do not have to give you a platform to do it. I have a feeling you are talking about the right wing ban wave from Twitter - well that is an easy one. You can start your own social media platform. You even know how to code so you personally should be able to throw something together. I'm kind of shocked that people that think that bakers shouldn't have to sell cakes to the gays because they disagree with them being gay don't get this concept.
How was it a threat to Democracy? Did the Capitol rioters have a plan? Was there even an 0.01% chance that they could have taken over the government and become the new leaders? It was a small group of idiots busting into the Capitol building during a riot, and order was restored within hours. It was widely condemned on both sides. The far greater threat to freedom were the riots over the summer. Entire cities were terrorized, vandalized, and burnt for months, and police were told by spineless (Democratic) city officials to stand down. Small businesses were destroyed. Large areas of Portland and Seattle were violently occupied, and declared a new territory. Police stations and courthouses were burned to the ground. Barely a peep from the mainstream media, other than to downplay and praise it.
Which affected the average American more? Months of violent riots, or a few hours of numskulls in the Capitol building?
Cancel culture is fascism. We are to the point now where it's considered appropriate on the left to censor people and news stories they don't like. Hunter Biden, anyone? It's not even like Twitter overstepped their authority and everyone was horrified.
Your party approves of censoring right wing speech, under the guise of "preventing misinformation". You don't think that can be abused? Do you think it has been abused yet? What about warning labels? Have you noticed that not a single misinformation warning label has been slapped on left-wing tweets on Facebook and Twitter? Does it bother you that the "fact checkers" exclusively employ those left-of-center to do the fact checking?
Don't just take my word for it. Google the open letter written by 150 respected liberals about how cancel culture from the left has gotten out of control.
The "start your own social media if you don't like it" is such nonsense, because you know that's not trivial. It is incredibly difficult (or impossible) to compete with huge established social media companies, even if you have a lot of money behind you. Besides, someone DID start their own right wing social media company (Parler), only to have it yanked down under flimsy pretenses. Then the new excuse became, "Well, then start your own high traffic web server." And then what will be the next excuse? "Lay your own cable and become your own internet provider"?
There was recently a
banning of a very respectful and well-researched book about the dangers of teen girls transitioning without proper checks in place. It actually worked for awhile, as it was banned from Target and no-advertised on Amazon. This was despite the fact that the book was well researched, not hateful, and did not criticize transgender people.
Try doing a a study about the negative effects of the extreme trans movement on a college campus. Watch what happens to your career. You cool with that, too?
Seems like you're totally fine with censorship, as long as it's not directly from the government, and as long as it's aimed at the right.