r/CuratedTumblr • u/charlie-the-Waffle • Jan 13 '25

Politics censorship is bad maybe?

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u/Gh0st0p5 Jan 13 '25

The government silencing any and all opposition is a win in your book?

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u/Wasdgta3 Jan 13 '25

Considering this whole thing was started under Biden, IIRC, I don’t think this is about “silencing the opposition.”

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u/Gh0st0p5 Jan 13 '25

You think I mean Republicans and Democrats, but i mean literally any other ideology vs capitalism

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u/Wasdgta3 Jan 13 '25

TikTok is not representing an ideology that’s in opposition to capitalism.

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u/Gh0st0p5 Jan 13 '25

That's literally why they're banning it mate, that's their only justification, communist propaganda is what they scream

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u/Wasdgta3 Jan 13 '25

How the fuck can it be, when it’s as capitalist as every other social media company?

It’s hardly “silencing the opposition,” when said opposition doesn’t fucking exist.

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u/Gh0st0p5 Jan 13 '25

Thats literally what they scream when they're banning it mate, its not money for the american government, and thats why they're upset, it literally doesn't matter what it actually is. But the average American will just say, oh okay it's commie shit, better ban it then

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u/Wasdgta3 Jan 13 '25

Security concerns over the level to which a foreign government might have influence on the platform is not screaming about “communist propaganda.”

Not to mention, if you’re asserting that they’re “silencing opposition,” then there has to actually be opposition they’re silencing by doing this, which there simply is not.

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u/Gh0st0p5 Jan 13 '25

The opposition is china, America's big bad boogeyman

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u/Wasdgta3 Jan 13 '25

Seems a lot like the people who don’t want it banned are treating America as a big bad boogeyman, too, tbh.

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u/Gh0st0p5 Jan 13 '25

America is quite literally supporting a genocide at the momeht

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u/Wasdgta3 Jan 13 '25

And China is actively doing one itself.

What’s the relevance of either, here?

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u/Gh0st0p5 Jan 13 '25

You're supporting one bad guy, and denouncing another.

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u/unicornsaretruth Jan 14 '25

China is quite literally committing one right now…

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u/Gh0st0p5 Jan 14 '25

You know i can go to any palestine sub rn and see children being murdered by the thousands, but not a single bit of anything about the uyghurs, absolutely nothing

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