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FAST6191

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It's like the conservative trash have never heard of a Discord server. :rolleyes: :rofl2:
Discord have banned plenty of people for "wrongthink" as well, and have done for some years now.
Moreover even if that were not the case then they have the possibility to -- not like they allow you to run your own servers, have their protocol be open source or anything else that otherwise sees you able to set things up by yourself and direct people to it a la IRC, XMPP, SIP, simple email mailing lists and things you can have the uptight project runners say begone foul person and still have your own client and server and thus not care what of the many and varying sensibilities you might have offended.
It is also hard to link to chats in a discord from the normal internet, be discovered from the normal internet, browse chats and whatever else.
 

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oh look at all the fine people actively posting on Parler.....Fine people........
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Not really sure why anyone who cares about social media would use a dumpster fire like Parler. Minds is better if you care about freedom of expression but don't want to have to deal with those psycho alt-right types. Also, considering Milo Yiannopolis got himself banned from Parler for (ironically) homophobic, inside of a week, should be a good indicator that at the very least, Parler is not as much of an open platform as people think it is.
 

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ah well. It's near impossible to find a neutral website nowadays. Twitter with one end of the spectrum, Parler on the other
I'd hang out with the decent twitter people over the racist cunts on Parler any day.
 

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They're facing a few technical login/sign up difficulties, but they've found a host.
I should log in on Goldleaf on my Switch!
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Or my good ol' vita when I figure out how to use that stupid SSL Enso plugin
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I legit forgot who you were for a minute until I remembered you were the guy that treats every mod deletion of one of his crackpot posts like some act of Orwellian censorship instead of literally built into the forum rules
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I mean, I've met plenty of pretty decent people on Twitter
Same, everyone I've met on there so far have been nice, left-leaning people. Most of the world has left-leaning values in their societies, and I think a lot of people forget that right-leaning ideologies are not only hateful, but also the minority in the grand scheme of things.
 

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Same, everyone I've met on there so far have been nice, left-leaning people. Most of the world has left-leaning values in their societies, and I think a lot of people forget that right-leaning ideologies are not only hateful, but also the minority in the grand scheme of things.
I’ve met a few terrible people but I think that just comes with the course of being openly non-cis on the internet. Other than the normal unwanted attention, most of the time I end up meeting some decent people.
As for Parler, I am definitely not the kind of person who would have a good time having account on there. So it being back up isn’t something I care too much about. The Right can have their safe space and I won’t bother them there.
 
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Well, they can... unless they use it to plan and coordinate another insurrection... :unsure:
They would use any site or just go deeper. At this point, I would rather them stay on the surface where their plans can be monitored, tracked, and planned for.
 

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They would use any site or just go deeper. At this point, I would rather them stay on the surface where their plans can be monitored, tracked, and planned for.
yeah
also parler's flaws, like deletion not actually being deletion and admins being able to view private shit... those need to stay
a site entirely composed of delusional far right fuckbrains with seemingly no limits to what they'll do for Trump, one that has resulted in a planned insurrection before at that, needs to be actively monitorable by the government
and tbh, the public as well
like if you're going to go on a platform like parler that basically only exists because your views are so dangerously toxic that you or your talking heads got banned from all the other ones...
those views being yours should be public knowledge
it's like one grand wall of shame
like "so you want us to not block your speech from view... ok then!"
 
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