Thread by @DoppelMark

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an open letter of "dear government pay us more". let's read.

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a committee - i.e., responsibility washing

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remember the recent paper that counted & equated "in minecraft" to terrorism?

this would also cover the "hate statistics" (i.e., the politically incorrect statistics)

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gone is the *constitutional republic*

and critique is only allowed *on the terms of the critiqued*. otherwise it's "hate"

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free expression in opposition to freedom of speech: contrived excuse for silencing certain views

non-constitutional social justice to be balanced with constitutional freedom of speech

all only allowed when for a democracy; gone is the constitutional republic.

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so far so good...?

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the meat of the demand:

ability for journalists to dictate what content, what views the platforms must downrank, hide, shadowban, or otherwise suppress

all wrapped neatly with excuse of "muh racism". you wouldn't support racism, would you?

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tighter monitoring of the nominally free speech

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"remember to pay off our mentors in the academia too"

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"more money to the teachers"

teachers, a very reliable voting & protesting block

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establishing official party line and holding the media companies and the government bureaucrats (but that becomes a bit blurry) to it

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clearly delineates the fault line:

the activists vs the citizenry at large

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signatories.

i guess don't shop at those stores? just kidding, those are NGOs, thus much more immune from "vote with your wallet".

what do, frens?

a better take: