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> The western liberal value of free speech has never extended to incitement of violence.

I have 3 questions:

1. If people can't revolt than why American constitution have second amendment?

2. If people can't raise against the government, then what was BLM and ANTIFA rioters doing for months? Don't you think this bunch was much more disciplined than BLM/ANTIFA?

3. These tech companies keep sucking up to China,Iran, and even Malaysia why?

I am not an American so just curious why this one sided censure feel ok?

Edit: added last sentence.

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Re: #2, when did the violent parts of the BLM protests enter the seat of national government with intent to harm?

Why you think killing random innocent on the street, burning private properties is ok but storming a government building is not?

Killing random people to make a political statement is terrorism. Isn't it?

Ok. Can u tell me the death till associated with BLM (not attributed to police)? I can - 0.

The deaths in chaz, where police were explicitly banned.

25. And $1B in damage.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/americans-kill...

Ah. Read the details. Most were committed by "patriotic Trump supporters"...

Perhaps it is different in your country, but as an American, although both burglarizing an Apple Store and invading the Capitol while chanting that you want to hang the Vice President are crimes, the latter is considered slightly less acceptable.

Also, claiming that opposing the rioters is to claim that “people can’t revolt” is a specious argument. It’s like claiming that executing a murderer is the same thing as committing murder. Both are killings, but one imagines the two to have different motivations. Recall that the founders put down a revolt (the Whiskey Rebellion) not long after their own revolution, and that a Civil War was fought not long after.

> ... the latter is considered slightly less acceptable.

I agree that both are crimes. I am more concerned with reaction of tech platforms. Remember these same tech companies were supporting BLM blindly.

Few months back exPM of Malaysia openly justified beheading in France with no reaction from tech companies.

They always suck-up to China just get a foothold into the Chinese market so thinking they are acting to uphold democracy is a funny idea.

You are right. They wouldn't care less about Uyghur Muslims being put in concentration camps and indulging in forced labour if they can meet their production targets and be profitable.

And before we forget, ISIS literally used Twitter to propagate Islamist ideology until it was finally banned after 2 years of damage being already done! These social media platforms were directly responsible for enabling ISIS to spread its propaganda across the globe and helping in recruiting foreign fighters. These social media companies did nothing until it required Government intervention.

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