• @[email protected]
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    -261 year ago

    As a centrist, let me tell you the truth - a threat to free speech is coming from both far ends of political spectrum.

    • @Saneless
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      111 year ago

      Would love to see these left wing examples of it

        • @TheKingBee
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          161 year ago

          Is the freedom of association counted under your definition of free speech?

          If a private entity doesn’t want to host your content they are exercising their right to choose who they associate with…

          • @[email protected]
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            -51 year ago

            Yes, a private company can choose what content they allow. But to add to my argument, social media companies didn’t ban that story on their own decision, it was after intelligence agencies acted towards them. (Sorry, English is my second language)

          • @SocialMediaRefugee
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            -71 year ago

            Not if they are brigaded into “exercising that right”

      • @[email protected]
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        -261 year ago

        Who was it that suppressed Hunter Biden story or asked for “antivaxxer” doctors to be shut down on FB/Twitter?

        Sure, you will find some kind of excuses for the above, but the unbiased fact is that both sides engage in silencing of free speech according to their political agenda.

          • @[email protected]
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            -181 year ago

            I know, it’s ridiculous for people to simultaneously agree and disagree with things said on both sides of political spectrum. I should work on one party unanimity, my bad.

            By the way… While you’re laughing your ass of, Hunter Biden story (no matter what you think of it) wasn’t supressed on all social media?

            • @Zombiepirate
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              221 year ago

              While you’re laughing your ass of, Hunter Biden story (no matter what you think of it) wasn’t supressed on all social media?

              That must be why nobody’s heard of it!

              • @[email protected]
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                -151 year ago

                Yes, story broke out eventually, but it was silenced on social media when it broke because of political orders - a fact. I don’t know why saying that automatically makes people wince in horror. Both sides of political spectrum engage in silencing free speech when needed.

                • @Zombiepirate
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                  201 year ago

                  You do realize that most people here are on some kind of social media?

                  You can keep saying that the story was silenced, but I’ve heard about it non-stop for years because the right has been pushing the story hard.

                  So… definitely not a fact. Your echo chamber is not reality.

                  • @[email protected]
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                    -81 year ago

                    It was silenced, contrary to free speech, because when the news broke NY Post was blocked on all social media and a link to the story couldn’t be shared in any way (post or message).

        • ANGRY_MAPLE
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          Who’s literally burning books that were removed from schools?

      • @[email protected]
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        -11 year ago

        I know, right! You can’t be a centrist if you adopt any right wing politics, that’s just a disguised MAGA nutjob.

    • @SlothMama
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      11 year ago

      No, I completely agree. I’m center left and see a lot of this coming from the left too. I was surprised to see all the agreement that it’s only from the ‘right’, it is totally both, without question.

      More people should adopt deeper models of politics, like six or nine axis models because that’s how you really get at the features that drive censorship and limiting free speech.