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jtolbertjr's avatar

All of this under a Democratic administration that keeps warning us about the coming fascism. All of them are the same.

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Scott Burson's avatar

I tune into some right-wing writers here on Substack as well, and they complain loudly about fascism on the Democratic side. I see where they're coming from, but it is odd sometimes that they can't see that it's bipartisan.

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StanleyTwoBrix's avatar

It's odd that EVERYONE can't see it's bipartisan.

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Susan Becraft's avatar

Irony has died many deaths under the Biden administration. This is yet another instance.

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Joe's avatar

Gotta keep the community "safe".

It's wonderful irony though that their censorship policies have now been turned against the people who originally pushed them and are now (ostensibly) benefiting Trump.

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StanleyTwoBrix's avatar

I have pointed this out a thousand times - don't pass any laws you aren't willing to live under when the other side holds the reigns.

I can't believe in a world where we have read Orwell's 1984, learned about the Red Scare, apartheid, colonialism, and we are still unable to learn from the past.

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Todd's avatar

What you mean "we," white man?

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Michelle Togut's avatar

Well, this article explains why I just got dinged by them for an essay of yours I posted back in July. Inauthentic content that might harm the community. More like a danger to their corporate interests, which don't include truth or free speech.

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Rachel Baldes's avatar

Color me shocked. Typical assholery from them.

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Nacho's avatar

You can’t “manipulate public debate” but they can “manipulate public debate” because as we all know, when you have billions of dollars….well that’s just good will!

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Simple John's avatar

As a veteran (45 years) technologist supplying voting and voter registration tech, I no longer see Dems willing to use elections to offer choices that many (many, many) prefer.

Super delegates gave us Hillary for sure.

Let's celebrate that democracy defeated the Democrats even if we question the vehicle and let's see Democrats back to unfettered free speech or cast them into the void.

I wish no limit to ideas. Stop letting the confabulators confuse "Fire!" in a theater or hate profanity to ideas.

Climate scorching needs attention.

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Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

Who better than you on the front lines of our struggle for freedom? Thanks, Ken!

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Brandy's avatar

If anyone is interested, there was a hearing where Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified this was happening. Every single Democrat in that meeting treated them like garbage. No one, and I mean no one, stood up for them.

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Howie's avatar

Sounds like the violation of the first amendment

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Ashe's avatar

This is probably the most important topic of our times. It is important that we continue to practice more speech to combat lies rather than censorship. Musk censoring you, and then turning around and letting it be seen after you confronted him is very different than the deep state going in and using extortion against business owners, secretly changing algorithms and planting bots and censoring people without their knowledge.—Especially when they’re using public tax dollars to fund entire organizations to do this all over the globe, so that they control the entire narrative. The difference is when you confronted Musk (good job, by the way), he said I hate what you’re doing, but you’re right I’ll let it stand. The government on the other hand, people confronted them about these things for years, and they continue to lie and censor. They have an entire bureaucracy and elite people behind a low functioning, president, it was not until the election that people in government and mainstream media realized that people really do know what’s going on, and that the first amendment is important to Americans.

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Peter Byrne's avatar

Project Censored has new story on the reshaping of history on the NEWZ: https://www.projectcensored.org/unplugging-news-history-in-san-francisco/

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John Reynolds's avatar

Hahaha What has the State Department, National Security and the White House spokesBSers been feeding us?? Get real

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