[Steer]

I find this interesting, Why is Parler a right-wing thing? Why do right-wingers feel the need for a different platform without censorship? Why doesn't left wing people feel the same need? I would assume both wings are equally censored?

For what it is worth, I'm not on either platform and I'm convinced platforms such as these are a net-negative for humankind. I understand this is super-political and may not lend itself to an online discussion.

[ripply]

Censoring people doesn’t magically solve anything, it just pushes those views and discussions elsewhere. That’s all that’s happening with Parler.

As to why the left doesn’t feel the same need, they are not censored as much on the major platforms as the major platforms are left leaning.

The catalyst for the recent Parler traffic was the Hunter Biden emails in which the New York Times were locked out of their Twitter for over a week for publishing a story. A lot of people viewed that as outright censorship that crossed the line so they went looking for somewhere where they could talk about it. That kind of censorship just doesn’t happen to the left because the right generally is more libertarian regarding free speech and permissive of speech in general.

[rudolfwinestock]

Nitpick: The article on Hunter Biden which Twitter blocked came from the New York Post rather than the New York Times.

Furthermore, the Right being more permissive with respect to public speech is true, but rather recent. Historically, the Right tended to argue for the moral legitimacy of censorship whereas the Left tended to call any such effort a step towards tyranny.

Our current trends are very unusual, historically speaking.