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In your rush to fiercely defend the rights of nazis and bigots, you didn't notice that I was talking about social media, not the government. Mostly because when nazi shit whines about "censorship" they're usually whining that some platform isn't obligated to host their hate for them.
I was gonna say that the rest of your comment was predicated on making a rebuttal of something I didn't say, but you said something that needs addressing:
Law enforcement was already packing BLM protesters into unmarked vans. Said law enforcement was not wearing any identification. Cops have already done what your nightmare scenario says, without consequence. They sure as fuck choose to protect people waving nazi flags though. Professional courtesy.
You're really willing to assert nazis' rights as being required if we are to protect the rights of the marginalized, while not noticing that in practice nazis have rights that we deny to the marginalized already.
The comment you responded to was talking about hate speech. Hate speech is usually talked about in a legal context - ie European countries and their laws against hate speech. I don't think it fundamentally changes the argument either way though. I think private platforms should be able to ban whatever they'd like to a point. Once you reach a critical mass where you're big enough it becomes almost like a public utility - any lawful speech should be allowed.
Yes, and they were tracking the movement through use of surveillance technology. This isn't news. But they have to do it secretly - it limits their ability to disperse the protests. Now imagine they have the ability to remove any and all support for the movement on social media and openly arrest anyone with a tshirt or what have you. It can get a hell of a lot worse, trust me.
Tell me, are you willing to give Trump the power to control what is and isn't valid speech?
And you're continuing to argue against things I haven't said. You can do that without my continued participation.