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by JumpCrisscross 899 days ago
> has a shockingly low applicability to the actual accounts that will get banned by the policy

What policy? There is no policy? Nobody is being banned.

This argument is akin to saying we can’t block spam because otherwise we’ll block all political messaging. Like, no. We can just block the former. Just because someone on the planet can’t distinguish them doesn’t mean we all can’t.

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"Nazi" is too broad a word in today's vernacular. Many people legitimately believe Joe Rogan is a Nazi. Our society's excitement at labeling people we disagree with as "Nazis" makes it difficult to have discussions like we're having now.
> "Nazi" is too broad a word in today's vernacular

This is true but irrelevant. The standard is calling for the extermination of Jews. Substack moderating sex workers' posts but not Nazis' (specifically, people calling for the exterminatino of Jews) is inconsistent; that's what Atwood is calling out.