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Some people have read history, and know that words turn into actions over time. Especially those that feed (and feed on) fear and hatred.

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Yes, it happens. Somebody just shot up a Tesla dealership (that had recently also suffered an arson attempt), probably radicalised by online rhetoric.

But on the other hand, regimes that crack down aggressively on speech don't tend to end up on the 'right side of history' either.

It might be a good reflection for you to consider why you still somehow feel like a victim in this precise moment.

Luckily the right has never had radicalized violence, so let's give anyone with an "I love Trump" bumper sticker unfettered and non-transparent access to any resource they want.

Trump fired the person investigating him, now Musk got to do the same. It's a Republican right of passage.

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