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by splaytreemap 1993 days ago
Pouring gasoline on the fire is kind of the point. Take away people's option to peacefully voice their opinion and violence is the only remaining option. The hope is that these people will commit more violence so that the government can use the violence as an excuse to criminalize their existence.
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People have been voicing their opinions - and continue to voice their opinions - on Twitter, Facebook etc. all day, there is really no censorship about information regarding the election, unless it's geared towards violence.

Go ahead, right now, make a Tweet and indicate that you think the 'election was stolen'.

Nobody will care.

So on the face of it, your first claim is obviously false.

The question is - given that you and I can both right now go on FB or Twitter and say almost anything we please, and you must know that, why are you writing what you're writing?

> The hope is that these people will commit more violence so that the government can use the violence as an excuse to criminalize their existence

honestly the government is always happy for reasons to broaden their power to surveil