I just read a post which was complaining about censorship by the 'anti-free-speech left'.

Well , well , well ...... I had to do a little bit of detective work to find out who you were talking about and was gobsmacked to discover that he just blocked me too.

It was nothing to do with that question though (he must have blocked me before that) , but rather following a long exchange we had yesterday and today where the main bone of contention revolved around him defending Trump's ludicrous assertion ,when asked at his press conference last week about whether his coming out as a 'nationalist' was a dog-whistle to white supremacists , he replied that the question itself was racist.

I asked him to explain to me how a question about racists was racist and was met with what by now has become his normal barrage of barely coherent nonsense about leftists being intrinsically evil. His punchline was that I was parading 'villainy as virtue' , whatever that means.

This is a guy who I have known for almost ten years online and who , back in the days of ep , I considered a friend although I always knew he was a conservative and he that I was , for want of a better word , a leftist.

To witness such a transformation in someone since Trump was elected has been not only unnerving but , at times , frightening. A more polite , tolerant , intelligent and funny guy you could not wish to meet then and a more bellicose , angry , paranoid and violent person you will not meet now.

I've wondered about it a great deal since the election , not just him but how this maniac in the White House , supported by those screaming idiots on Fox News have irretrievably changed something in American society.

People would call us alarmist and hysterical when we warned about the danger Trump posed and we thought sometimes well maybe they're right. But to witness firsthand a descent into near madness by somebody you used to think was a stand up guy , then I know just how real all this has become.

We don't take kindly to your 'fact' 'checking' round these parts.

They probably already block me. There's this guy, who's been stalking me for months, starting threads to attack me, even started campaigns, in the past, to urge everyone to report me.

He just blocked me. Not sure if this is the same guy who blocked you, but if this is a post in Politics, I can't see it.

I think we're going to hear a lot more of this anti free speech left stuff soon, as well as cries of leftists being fascists as Trump gets more and more combative and dials up on the anger.

SW is a bizarre little reflection of society, between the anonymity, blocking, and flagging.

People who spew that kind of nonsense are ALWAYS spineless cowards who run when questioned. You dodged a bullet

It is kind of funny how the alt-right seems to want to say on one hand that the left is crazy for allowing too much, wanting to provide safe spaces and a voice for everyone AND then on the other hand saying we are "anti-freespeech".

I mean how exactly does that work?

@Pherick not sure if you've heard of Tommy robinson? He is far right and has two issues under his belt, islamaphobia and of course, free speech. He was in court for reporting irregularities outside of a court and there was a demonstration. This created a counter demonstration. There was a lady there with a placard merely list Tommy robinson/Stephen yaxley-lennon (however he decides to market himself) criminal convictions.......his supporter, advocates of free speech, to umbrage to this, got aggressive (not violent), insulted her and then took her sign and smashed it up.........seems like someone doesn't like free speech.
This isn't surprising though because it has happened throughout history

Anti-free-speech left......what an Orwellian phrase lol

That's not censorship. It's cyber murder. 😊

Irony used to be fun until the conservatives ran rampant with it.

Yeah well I won’t name names either, but if it’s the post I’m thinking of, that individual once used the K word in the context of discussing a person who was Jewish.

So he can cry us a river. 😂

Isnt him blocking you against his views?🤷‍♀️

Lol.... why am I not surprised. 😂

That's disappointing. Despite not agreeing with any of his views, and finding a lot sometimes offensive, I always thought he was a bit more open minded than a lot here.

Burnsie, I have not blocked anyone. Whoever is telling you that is not being truthful.

I have often thought of doing the same thing.

Well, I guess you now have the example.

I find that much of the whining about frozen peaches is thoroughly groundless, expecting 3rd party platform providers to put up with your shit.

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I think it’s funny that the same people who think the left are for censorship became so outraged by people like Colin K taking a knee, which is [b]also[/b] a First Amendment issue. They’re hypocrites.

free speech isn't in conflict with personal attention

If I run across free speech sientist I'll get back with ya

i bet i can guess who it is too.

I don't see the post so maybe they blocked me too (or I them)

I often wonder what free speech means to people