[Traster]

> if you do anything which goes against the dominant political narrative

I'm so tired of this. The reason people are getting banned from these platforms and services isn't because of just run of the mill political views. They're getting banned because they are hosting content calling for the violent overthrow of the US government. Apple didn't ban Parler from the app store for their attitude towards capital gains tax, they banned them because they found

> direct threats of violence and calls to incite lawless action

The reason people are being banned now isn't some sudden decision by publicly traded companies to try and endorse a left wing agenda. It's because there's been a massive uptick in the number of people advocating violence as a means of advancing their political agenda.

People keep acting as if these actions are being taken in the context of the 2008 election where everyone was pretty much civil and there was no real question of violence. In that context, yes, it's an outrage that liberties are being crushed. But that's not the context of today. Today we have people openly talking about murdering democratic (and somewhat bizarrely, insufficiently local republican) politicians, and credible evidence they plan to carry out those attacks.

The issue isn't that those people are being censored, the issue is they exist in the first place.

[AniseAbyss]

America is going off the deep end. Who would have believed 10 years ago that members of Congress would dispute the outcome of the elections?

What was once extreme and crazy is now the new normal.

[cbozeman]

> direct threats of violence and calls to incite lawless action

And we see that every single day on Facebook and Twitter. Its against their terms of service, just like its against Parler's.

As a single entity, I don't really give a shit about Parler. What I do give a shit about is treating everyone fairly. If Parler goes because it has a shitton of users and can't swiftly police all content, then Facebook needs to go because they have a child pornography problem.

Listen to this podcast if you want to learn just how widespread the issue is: https://samharris.org/podcasts/213-worst-epidemic/

[Traster]

I don't see how you can make the argument that child pornography is the same systemic risk as allowing people to openly plan to overthrow your democracy.

If child pornography is happening on your site, the FBI can come along and crack down, arrest those involved, and of course you're keeping logs to help them. If I plan a revolution on your site, the FBI are coming - not for me, for you. Once I'm in charge sure as shit you're not going to have the freedom to overthrow me the way I overhtrew you.