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Shermann

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16. I guess "deplatforming" is a thing now

Reply to bluevoter4life (Original post)

Fri Nov 13, 2020, 01:41 PM

Nov 2020

Republicans are wrapping themselves in the warm embrace of victimhood with this "deplatforming" talking point.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deplatforming

I don't see it that way. They have been purposefully "flooding the zone with shit" as Steve Bannon puts it. The lies, the conspiracy theories, the projecting about fake news, the distractions, the nonsense.

They didn't get deplatformed, they got moderated. There is a difference. All conversations have to have ground rules in order to be civil and fair and productive. They can take a time-out in Parler until they learn to respect them.

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Conservatives fleeing Facebook to Parler [View all] bluevoter4life Nov 2020 OP

Wait until they find out it's principal owner is... lisa58 Nov 2020 #1

LOL well played. nt DeeNice Nov 2020 #6

Clever, but let's take a real look while we're at it... JHB Nov 2020 #27

Soooo - I was not aware of that - thank you lisa58 Nov 2020 #29

I am going to go start one as a spoof and see how long it takes them to realize it... Moostache Nov 2020 #2

Remember, BUSH fell for Colbert's act. ResistantAmerican17 Nov 2020 #12

Good Cuthbert Allgood Nov 2020 #3

My "libertarian" step brother announced his departure to Parler recently. meh Thomas Hurt Nov 2020 #4

Report back when he learns how much "free speech" they actually have over there nt Shermann Nov 2020 #11

He isn't really a libertarian, his libertarianism only extends to the right's freedom to be racist Thomas Hurt Nov 2020 #21

Were they trying to spell "parlor," as in a reception room or public space? OneBro Nov 2020 #5

Parler is the French verb that means "to speak" MineralMan Nov 2020 #9

Ha! So the Freedom Fries crowd is cool with French now. OneBro Nov 2020 #13

Sounds french. C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #7

I'm sure they say it with a hard redneck accent... Moostache Nov 2020 #14

Was wondering about that shanti Nov 2020 #28

Well.... maybe we should go there too! Wink wink. apcalc Nov 2020 #8

Nah just be ready to slap them down if the insane stuff exboyfil Nov 2020 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Nov 2020 #15

I like step three. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2020 #17

I guess "deplatforming" is a thing now Shermann Nov 2020 #16

Good, Mark Zuckerberg's defense of Steve Bannon.... Spazito Nov 2020 #18

Easier for the FBI to track them The empressof all Nov 2020 #19

Might be FBIs creation. Lars39 Nov 2020 #22

I saw several typos on the Parler info torius Nov 2020 #20

Good, be gone! Baked Potato Nov 2020 #23

I just joined to see it for myself. BlueTsunami2018 Nov 2020 #24

A "safe haven for those too extreme for Twitter." Hortensis Nov 2020 #25

A real test of Parler's "freedoms": criticism of organized religion Shermann Nov 2020 #26

Only people on Parler are Nazis and Pedophiles. NutmegYankee Nov 2020 #30

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