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by sleepysysadmin 1990 days ago
The republicans are being banned from: Amazon, Apple store, Discord, facebook, google play, instagram, pinterest, reddit, shopify, snapchat, tiktok, twitch, twitter, and youtube.

Many of these weren't places trump or republicans really were. They are just banning trump supporters.

As republicans left those platforms, big tech also removed the new place Parler in a coordinated method. With shortage on servers, they aren't going to be getting back up and running anytime soon.

At the end of the day this isn't about censorship. Trump for all it matters could post to his own website. He's not stopped from getting out his message.

The more important reality here is that big tech clearly played their cards. What used to be a political divide that was entirely democrats is now both.

If you thought the political divide in the USA was bad before the election. It's now worse than ever. This is about silencing political opposition.

Oh and in the next 2 years you can expect the NRA will be disbanding. Right to bear arms will be getting shut down.

What do you think the republicans are going to do? I don't know. Will it be civil war? I dont think so.

How about the election in 2 years? Anyone think there will be a free and fair election?