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by rowawey 2216 days ago
Both are false equivocations, and a bad analogy.

Blowing up a bus full of kids achieves no political goal in no scenario, nor should it.

Racism is racism, although reprehensible, is protected from government censorship and prior restraint. Companies providing for-profit platforms aren't the government and can do whatever they want since the first amendment doesn't apply to them.

If people really wanted free speech, they wouldn't popularize a company's platform but would pay a little to support and use a non-profit public commons platform that was sensibly/lightly regulated.