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0 pointspavlov5y ago0 comments

It’s surreal that a popular Republican position now is: “We want the government to impose giant fines and new regulations on the most successful American businesses of the past decade, hopefully destroying them.”

Regardless of the merits of the idea, it’s an amazing paradigm shift for the GOP.

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jhawk285y ago

I don't think that is the position. I think they are just tired of a perceived bias against the right by left leaning aggregation organizations compounded with the cancel culture.

Nasrudith5y ago

It is still their position - that persecution complex is just their rationalization for their hypocrisy and abuse of power.

root_axis5y ago

What about the perceived bias against the left by right leaning news and radio organizations? This is dishonest partisan hackery.

charwalker5y ago

That's the thing, it's perceived and not real. Media outlets driving that narrative are lying to their viewers for clicks. If someone refuses to drop their bias in face of contrary evidence or that evidence isn't even presented alongside the initial claim, they may be watching an entertainment channel, not a news channel.

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/440703-evidence-contr...

AuryGlenz5y ago

I can’t speak for Twitter and Facebook, but it’s absolutely real on Reddit. All one needs to do is look at how they treated r/the_donald compared to r/politics.

SauciestGNU5y ago

And seemingly all because these platforms deign to accurately represent how much opposition there is to the Republican agenda.

GoblinSlayer5y ago

A small tweak of moderation policy shouldn't destroy them.

watwut5y ago

It is not paradigm shift for GOP. Libertarians are not the only part of GOP.

LegitShady5y ago

Hint: this isn't new regulation, this is rolling back a regulation that is defending these publishers pretending to be platforms.

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