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Comment by trident1000 | Hacker News Reader

This type of thing happens to people on the right so often it doesn't even make the news anymore.

The other post asking for examples is downvoted, but I think your statement could really use some. I can only think of one highly visible one, and it's interesting how much it reminds me of this one, though on the opposite side. But more examples would be illuminating.

While not right wing there was the Stallman case.

I can't reply to the flagged reply anymore, but I see now that I was thinking of this thread as "within the tech industry", while they were thinking of it more broadly. Looking up-thread, I see that that my more narrow interpretation isn't necessarily the right one.

Does it? Example of what you mean?

Note it appears a majority of Facebooks top ten posts are from right wing sources. [1] This is not me suggesting a bias on the part of FB, but it‘s a clear data point against the now common talking point that “the right” are persecuted victims, not fairly represented on the Internet.

[1] https://mobile.twitter.com/FacebooksTop10

There’s more concentration of media on the right. It’s why Fox News can have the highest ratings in spite of the media being dominated by the left.

You have to look at the long tail of content and the distribution over all content. How many smaller right wing creators are censored vs left wing?

Literally had my comment to you as flagged and removed. Point proven.

Not really.

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