The Donald can't handle critical thought. This little comment got me banned.

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[–]Canbot[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'd like to apologize to user/magnora7 for suggesting that censorship is the domain of fascist leftists. There is in fact this right wing fascist site that ejaculates to the same strokes.

I maintain that all the seats of real power in the western world today are held by fascist leftists though, and as such leftist censorship is what we should all be concerned about. I hope magnora7, his 6 alternate accounts, and any other leftists here will stand with me against all censorship. That they could look past partisan barriers and call out the flaws in their own ranks. And one day when the pendulum swings back the other way I will stand with them to denounce right wing authoritarianism just the same.

[–]Aureus 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I think you're blowing things out of proportion. https://thedonald.win is designed from the ground-up as a website for Donald Trump supporters. They explicitly state in the rules that they're purely a fan site, not designed for "debate".

I'm a conservative, but I wouldn't feel morally wronged if I got banned for posting a comment critical of Bernie Sanders on a Bernie Sanders fan site. They own the website, they clearly say the website is only for Bernie Sanders supporters, and it's their right to ban me if I'm not one.

The problem comes when extremely popular websites (like Facebook, YouTube, and Reddit) start banning and censoring content, especially when they claim to be unbiased. No one can honestly say thedonald.win is on the same level or even in the same category as reddit. Reddit is ranked in the top 20 sites in the entire world according to Alexa - TheDonald.win isn't even in the top 10,000. Reddit gets over 150 million views every single day and $3 billion in revenue every year - I'd be amazed if TheDonald even makes a thousandth of that. Reddit claims to be unbiased but censors thousands of people based on a far-left bias (which includes the original subreddit TheDonald.win is inspired by) - TheDonald has never claimed to be anything other than a Donald Trump fan site.

I maintain that all the seats of real power in the western world today are held by fascist leftists though, and as such leftist censorship is what we should all be concerned about.

This is the crux of it, and why I can't see singling out TheDonald.win as an honest apples-to-apples comparison. It makes no sense to bemoan this as if it's remotely comparable to leftist censorship on Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or many other platforms.