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by _carl_jung 1983 days ago
I think this is a minimization of the harmful nature of statements made by Donald Trump. We're not talking about not liking his political views. No, we're talking about dangerous encouragement of violence.

It's not just that YouTube and Twitter think Trump is mean.

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I think what you're saying is you think exiling Trump is a one-off, a unique circumstance.

Personally I doubt it; I think in things like this, the slopes really are slippery.

Time will tell.

It's interesting to consider the perspective of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny:

> We have seen many examples in Russian and China of private companies becoming the state's best friends and the enablers when it comes to censorship.

(He was talking about the Twitter ban specifically there, but it holds as a general principle.)

https://twitter.com/navalny/status/1347969772177264644