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by ecf 1974 days ago
What astounds me are the people on Hacker News who cry about free speech over Parler yet are silent when Russia jails someone for being in an opposition party, a TRUE violation of free speech.
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"I believe that President Trump's Twitter ban is an unacceptable act of censorship." - Alexey Navalny //twitter.com/navalny/status/1347959515946360833?s=19

I have never been silent about Navalny. He is clearly a political prisoner. However it is important to be consistent, and not only be a critic when it's your adversaries commiting a fault.