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In China, you cannot say anything the government disagrees with, like criticizing their Covid lockdowns, or they'll arrest you.
In Russia, you cannot say anything the government disagrees with, like holding up a blank piece of paper, or they'll arrest you.
In Florida, a company cannot say that they are non-discriminatory and value everyone, that the Republicans don't like them saying, or they'll use their power to attack them to try to silence them.
The pattern is fairly clear: liberals are fascists and tyrants. Just ask a right-winger.
Craig234 said:In Florida, a company cannot say that they are non-discriminatory and value everyone, that the Republicans don't like them saying, or they'll use their power to attack them to try to silence them.
You really are a captive of your own narrative.Telling social media what to censor? That's a lie. Did not happen.
What dangerous misinformation? Where you asleep during the height of the Covid pandemic? Here is just a taste of the misinformation spread primarily by republican conspiracy theorists:
The your body/your choice reference is also silly. Is the suggestion that mandating people where masks in order to help thwart the spread of the disease to others a real infringement on your right to self determination?
- ivermectin is safe and effective for treating/preventing coronavirus;
- you can get the corona virus from the vaccine itself;
- there are microchips in the vaccine;
- hydroxychloroquine is safe and effective to treat the coronavirus;
- masks don't help prevent the spread of coronavirus;
- we can achieve herd immunity by letting the virus spread;
And your last question is perhaps the dumbest of all. First off, those companies are private businesses. Controlling their content is what all media companies do. You folks just whine about it because those companies don't want idiots spreading dangerous lies on their platform.
When have you been silenced? You post the same stupid shit here daily.In the rest of the US, you cannot say anything the government doesn't like or they will bring big tech, lawsuits and the media to silence you.
Sure, sure...no similarities at all in your mind. Of course, in your mind, authoritarianism isn't actually authoritarianism so long as it's forcing what you support on people and not those icky other beliefs.There aren't any. False equivalency is still false.