cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/64363784
The founder of the Telegram messaging app said on Sunday he had refused a request by a Western government, which he did not name but appeared to imply was France, to silence conservative voices in Romania ahead of a presidential election run-off there.
As a Leftist Romanian, this is not how to do things (at least not while things are still relatively reasonable)…
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Left compromises until it switches to the Right, I know, but we do still need a few standards and boundaries, ffs…
If this was about another misinformation campaign, post that shit publicly! Point your finger at it and keep that finger pointed, make a public mockery of these vile behaviours! But if it’s just The Other People™ sharing ideas and discussing, then… what the fuck is your business with it? Isn’t that the exact same thing we’re doing? There still needs to be discourse, there needs to be communication! We can’t just silence voices as it pleases us, that’s what the fucking Nazis WANT! We do still have to fight nice and clean for a while, set the example.
Within limits, of course! If the Right starts throwing pocket sand, then kicks to the groin are back on the menu, y’know what I mean? But until then, stop fucking about! You’re just feeding into their nonsense machine!