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[arrowsmith]

Whatever happened to "Twitter can do what it wants, it's a private platform"?

[johnnyanmac → arrowsmith]

I believe that sentiment started to die out around the time people realized a Nazi gained control over the world's centralized communication hub. Whether that says more about the communication, the nazi, or the people is a question for the ages.

[arrowsmith → johnnyanmac]

So it was never about principles, it was only about who was in charge.

Colour me shocked.

[hamdingers → arrowsmith]

Have you heard of the Goomba fallacy?

[arrowsmith → hamdingers]

I hadn't, but don't pretend there's not huge overlap between the people who were saying that then and the people who are saying this now.

[joquarky → arrowsmith]

Perhaps you should read it again.