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It's not so much the "refused to take down" anything, the community was doing exactly what site intended. The problem is that community started planning violence.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2021/01/07/capitol...



Greenwald says the majority of the planning was done on Facebook. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1348619731734028293.html


1) So what? You can have a bit planning, as a treat?

2) Facebook is self hosted.


The "so what" is that Parler was taken down for an action that was planned on Facebook.


Leaving the shifting goalposts aside, you’ve failed to explain why compelled association, and loss of control of private property is justifiable.

My band needs a place to practice. Give me your living room. You have people over, so if you don’t let my band practice, you’re censoring me.


I haven't shifted the goalpost. Greenwald says, right there in his twitter thread talking about this article, that nobody was planning Jan 6th on Parler. They were planning it on Facebook. That's it.


You went from "the majority of the planning", to "was planned", and now "They were planning it on Facebook", all while simultaneously ignoring the question about how much planning is acceptable, thus my comment about if it acceptable to have "a little planning for a treat." This is a move from less than half, to none. That's what I'm referring to. While I'm willing to accept for argument's sake that less than half happened on Parler, we both know that it was more than zero. So what's the acceptable amount?

More importantly, you've also conveniently dropped the crux of my argument, about when does the government get to force political association on private entities, including surrendering their private property for political use they disagree with. I would really like an answer to the this. That's why I used the reductio absurdum of having my band practice in your living room. If you'd rather, I'm also open to putting political bumper stickers on your car.


Also, you’re just factually wrong that nothing objectionable happened on Parler. Amazon is citing threats of murder.

https://twitter.com/b_fung/status/1349184237971402752?s=21




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