[telescope]

Whatever Parler's role or responsibility in recent events, it's doubly so for Facebook and Twitter. Parler has a comparatively minuscule user base.

The demo was also organized via email and was explicitly intended to be peaceful — what unfolded on 1/6 cannot be read at face value, and certainly what the media is portraying(both the corporate and alternative media) can't be read at face value.

[archi42]

Not sure what you're saying with that second sentence. There is legitimate reason to have some zip ties, yes. I don't know the US traditions that well, but I doubt molotov cocktails or pipe bombs are usually required for a peaceful demo? Now most people probably not even had guns, but attacking the Capitol? Come on. That's a direct, violent attack on the democratic processes.

You're right that Facebook and Twitter should have acted sooner. Free speech doesn't mean a platform has no other option than to tolerate hate, violence and lies.

[spiralx]

The reason for the lack of guns is most likely that the attackers had come directly from a Trump rally where there was security at the entrance including metal detectors. Had that not been the case there would likely have been a lot more weapons.

[neotek]

Parler has (had) ten million accounts, over half of which were considered active, that’s hardly a small number. And the big and obvious difference between Parler and Facebook is that Parler wilfully ignored disgusting and credible calls to violence, including direct threats against elected representatives and ordinary voters alike. Attempting to draw a parallel between them is disingenuous at best.

[sildur]

A peaceful trial by combat, right?

[IntelMiner]

Peacefully live-tweeting where Nancy Pelosi was

Peacefully bringing firearms into the capital and calling it "1776"

[neotek]

Peacefully knocking together a working set of gallows, complete with noose.

[pfdietz]

Peaceful gallows and noose for peaceful hanging.

[bmmayer1]

If the deaths of 5 people as the results of an unruly mob can't be read at face value, what can?

[peteretep]

> and was explicitly intended to be peaceful

Seems a lot of people didn’t get that particular memo