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I think there's also the fact that a lot of things can be understood as "censorship" even when we don't normally call it that. Moderating, blocking, filtering, defederating, etc.
Libs are so used to calling all the bad parts of liberalism by a different name that they really believe they're not [doing the thing] while [doing the thing]. Like how they're not concentration camps, they're "immigration overflow facilities." And they don't sell weapons, they "provide lethal aid." And they definitely don't impoverish millions of people in order to incite war, no they uh "apply targeted sanctions" or something.
They probably, genuinely, don't see the contradiction in advocating for free speech while banning stuff instinctively. They categorically don't see it that way, because they're the ones doing it.
To paraphrase some Russian guy:
By changing the names of things, they believe they have changed the nature of the thing itself.
world-famous Russian V. I. Engels
Well, west Russia, fine. (No idea why I thought he was Russian, I guess because Marx is German but lived in the UK? Or I somehow got him mixed up with the bolsheviks? No idea.)
technically, I'm sure some Russian guy quoted On Authority so it still works
I know some "free Speech advocates" think it means an audience has to stand there and be harassed wherever, at least when it comes to "their side"
A lot of people actully did that when a journalist got harrased asking the prime minister of India , about him blocking free speech , lots of people were like , she wanted free speech didnt she ? I dont understand how harrasment would even equal free speech!
How do I have 2 upvotes already? It's only been like five seconds >.>
You're just cool like that
Some of us are so online it's embarassing
They really did label nazis as "freedom fighters" and left it like that, and the libs just ate it up