Meet the Censored: Olivia Katbi-Smith. An activist for the Democratic Socialists of America talks about how arguments in favor of “banning hate speech” will end up being used against grassroots activists.

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“The right is not going to give up power unless they feel threatened,” she told the Washington Post in late October, adding that “people are opening up to the idea that rioting is the language of the unheard. Property destruction is not violence.”

Fucking hell. "Property destruction is not violence." These people are going to be in for a rude awakening when someone defends their stuff. Do these people honestly think that nobody's going to stop them if they go to far?

information was circulated all over 4chan and other disgusting right-wing corners of the Internet.

God Bless 4chan.

Censorship works both ways. It's going to get a thousand times worse before the other side starts to really notice it's effecting them too. Any weapon created to be used on the enemy can, and will, be used against its creator.