Banning Trump was the first domino, wasn't it?

submitted by forgottenpasswordguy from self.politics

...or one of the first couple of dominos anyways. I know deplatforming has been a thing for quite a while, but it feels like things just got heavy. There is Trumps banning, the Parler situation, I just found out ar15.com was booted by godaddy, firefox not supporting an open internet, etc. Things are moving quickly, it could inspire positive change or just be a shit-show. Saidit and its mission just got that much more important!

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[–]scrubking 15 insightful - 5 fun15 insightful - 4 fun16 insightful - 5 fun -  (4 children)

It's going to get a lot worse. Too many people have been brainwashed and have no desire to stand up for their rights. I mean they stole an election in plain sight and no one batted an eye.

[–]Poofter 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Lmfaooo stole an election. Biden won, get wrecked

[–]inwoman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Fuck off! CNN

[–]Rationalmind 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Wake them by telling them they seem emotional and not rational. Then ask them to critically think. Adopt as needed.

You need to force reflection.

[–]TyranaSoreWristWreck 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As if that's the first time that's happened?

[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

Gotta admit, Firefox was a shock. in case anyone missed it: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2021/01/08/we-need-more-than-deplatforming/

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    [–]blue1324 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    +1

    [–]TheOtherSide 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Brave is fantastic. NO commercials. I have been using them for months. Styxhexenhammer suggested Brave.

    Based on this article I'm going to delete firefox completely.

    [–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Damn. Fuck Mozilla.

    [–]EvilNick 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    ive been swapping everything over to dissenter and brave

    [–]TheOtherSide 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I need to start using Dissenter.

    [–][deleted] 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

    The Democrats worked all year to defund the police, and when rioters break into the capitol: they suddenly want to crack-down on dissent. Seems rather convenient, doesn't it?

    They never cared when communist insurgents seized an entire neighborhood in Seattle and declared an independent country, or when BLM burned down and looted small businesses.

    [–]hennaojichan 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

    But no one broke into the Capitol, they were ushered in by the police and the door was unlocked. I would bet there were as many antifa and FBI as Trump supporters in the building.

    [–]EvilNick 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

    watch this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bIeKj7fZ8U&t=492s

    [–]hennaojichan 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    That's a good find and it seems believable, unlike most of the stuff out there. Thanks.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

    cuz a lot of the cops were pro maga traitors

    [–]Earl_Harbinger 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Pro-MAGA? In DC?

    (X)

    They were following orders.

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    They broke a window, so technically I'm right.

    [–][deleted] 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    Alex Jones was the test domino. They got their de-platforming dialed in whenever he got "banned" from YouTube, like a year ago.

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    it was CIA killing leftists in the 60s

    [–]asterias 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I think Andrew Anglin was the first major incident of deplatforming.

    [–]chadwickofwv 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    The next step is to disarm us. After that they plan to exterminate us.

    [–]SerpensInferna 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    Just a few short months ago I would have said you were a whacky conspiracy nut. Now, however...

    [–]fishbox 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

    Cry more snowflake.

    [–]Poofter 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    This site is full of butthurt conspiracy theorists that think donald was actually fighting for them, it’s so fucking funny 😂

    [–]Rationalmind 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

    This is not a positive contribution to the speech pyramid.

    [–]LarrySwinger2Voluntaryist 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

    Don't forget to report such posts when you see them.

    [–]EvilNick 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    done lol, i like the idea of giving redditors making their way over a taste of their own medicine

    [–]Poofter 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Lmfaoooo so you can censor them just like how twitter “censored” that one old game show host?

    [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

    Trump got himself banned.

    [–]madcow-5 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Think Alex Jones was the canary in the coal mine. It showed how well big tech could erase someone and with the media's help, convince Americans this is not just good, but somehow necessary.

    [–]Pillsrus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

    My big question is: why now? Why are we seeing a flurry of bans in the last few days of the Trump presidency, as opposed to waiting until Biden is in with a Democrat-controlled Congress, which would presumably be more friendly to leftist views?

    [–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Never let a catastrophe go to waste

    [–]blue1324 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    They lost control of the stop the steal narrative IMO

    [–]Poofter 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    If snowflakes- I mean conservatives are so worried, they should just make their own internet 🙄

    [–]TyranaSoreWristWreck 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    I think the Domino's have been falling since the early nineteen hundreds...

    [–]asterias 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    At this point it doesn't matter whether you like Trump or not, the thing is they are gonna come for more and more people till the West becomes similar to USSR.

    [–]CaptainDialUp 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    God speed saidit.