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It wasn't too long ago that we cheer-on and celebrate how Twitter hosted calls for political violence. Much was said about how Twitter enabled the Arab Spring, and how that was so wonderful. There's even a wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_and_the_Arab_Spri...

Now the Western elite (on both sides, mind you -- whether it's against BLM or the Proud Boys) are doing their best pikachu face.

Mob-style tyrannical democracy for thee, but not for me.



That's a good point, and also I've seen comments here praising the "Arab Spring" years after it killed many millions of people (in Syria, Libya, etc.).




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