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Why people think it is good idea to engage in mass suppression of speech? It is not just Trump himself, general Flynn, Powell, and even a random political cartoon satire author (that is not pro-trump) got banned.

If you take speech (and thus diplomacy) out of your opponent toolbox to deal with you, what tool is left?

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>The four boxes of liberty is an idea that proposes: "There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."

Big tech, with crowds cheering, is pushing these people toward the one that we are going to regret.

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