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'Rank socialism': Facebook removes senator's official page over hate speech

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    vakieh
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    For those of you off in yankeeland, this party is Australia's sneaky fascist party. If you look at their publicly stated policies you might think they were a blend of the social conservatism of...

    For those of you off in yankeeland, this party is Australia's sneaky fascist party. If you look at their publicly stated policies you might think they were a blend of the social conservatism of the Republicans with the labour protections and nationalist industry of... not your Democrats, who are Right-Wing-Lite by most standards - more of a Bernie viewpoint.

    Then you see that the labour protections and nationalist industry actually mean those things 'for the right people', since the other policies kicked them out, and suddenly the swastikas become clear.

    It doesn't help that his election base is from Queensland, where we got such impressive political movements such as One Nation. Basically the bible belt without the religious excuse for the racism.

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        vakieh
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        Uh... no?

        Uh... no?

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            vakieh
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            You literally just advocated for making child porn and you want me to somehow articulate why I don't think that's a good idea?

            You literally just advocated for making child porn and you want me to somehow articulate why I don't think that's a good idea?

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              1. vakieh
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                What a healthy way of looking at the world.

                What a healthy way of looking at the world.

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        CDN
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        Fabricating scandals to ruin somebody? That's disgusting.

        Fabricating scandals to ruin somebody? That's disgusting.

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          1. CDN
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            You're saying we should destroy a person both socially and legally with computer generated media, just because we disagree their beliefs? Who gets to decide that it's warranted? Even if we can all...

            You're saying we should destroy a person both socially and legally with computer generated media, just because we disagree their beliefs? Who gets to decide that it's warranted? Even if we can all agree that rape apologists deserve it, where is the line drawn by vigilantes?

            These elected officials are just a symptom of social unrest and propaganda. You want to incite outrage with a hoax to ruin these politicians, but that doesn't solve the issue at hand and instead creates an environment where free speech is threatened on either side of the spectrum, and awareness of deepfakes diminishes the significance of real evidence.


            EDIT (because they deleted their post):

            Freedom of speech is never absolute, you're right. There are consequences for your words and actions, but these are what you should be judged for. By creating these scandals in response, you are shifting the problem from their views to their character.

            You aren't resolving the fundamental issue that brought them into office; the conservative voters will still exist, and news of deepfakes being used to stifle their rights would just embolden them. What you're proposing will fix nothing, and arguably make it worse.

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        Flashynuff
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        that's pretty fucked up dude

        that's pretty fucked up dude

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          1. Flashynuff
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            lying to remove people from power isn't a good solution -- what happens when the hoax is inevitably discovered and discredits the entire leftist movement and provides ammunition to those thrive on...

            lying to remove people from power isn't a good solution -- what happens when the hoax is inevitably discovered and discredits the entire leftist movement and provides ammunition to those thrive on lies

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