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Comment by xaa

Agree. The first thing I thought upon reading this was: would Twitter ban an account with the following description:

"dedicated to the heritage, identity, and future of people of African descent in the United States, and around the world."

Undoubtedly not. The only difference, of course, is s/African/European/g.

I'm a liberal, but I feel that if this election has taught us anything, it should be that suppression of "undesirable" views only makes them stronger. It's almost as if the Founders foresaw this somehow, and having done so, created some kind of First Alteration of the Constitution to protect this kind of speech, realizing that attempting to suppress it would cause more harm than good.

I do realize that Twitter is not the government, but the same principle applies.

parent xaa 10 years ago

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