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by notjtrig 1353 days ago
If a comedian is deplatformed should they ban the production team, ban Alex Jones' sound guy maybe, what about the people who voted for Trump, willing participation?

I could imagine certain protests being demonized and their attendants removed from meta for violating terms of service.

The real question is do they virtually round up the avatars for public deletions, or do they just disappear them?

I think a lot of people would enjoy virtual public executions, if anyone from meta is listening.

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I was careful in my choice of the word participated. I chose to use that word as I intended it to only include people who worked on the product. If anyone at the company who did not work on the development of the product was banned then I wholly disagree with their suspension.

Also, while I enjoy your alliteration, it’s also an extremely steep “slippery slope” argument. It’s certainly not an argument I was trying to entertain.

p.s. to entertain your comedian argument, I think there are some situations where that may be correct.

If a comedian tells vile racist jokes, I believe the writer of the joke, the talent manager who knew the comedians content, the person who booked the comedian knowing the content, and the venue who knowingly provided the platform for the content should all be similarly shunned.

And the student selling tickets at the counter and the lady cleaning the bathrooms. But not the venture capitalists who put up the million funding?