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Ah yes, the middle schooler's understanding of free speech, where "political discourse" includes plotting terrorist attacks.

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You do understand that Gab specifically states that they are taking measures to stop bad actors from using their platform, right?

They may say so, but the fact is that (1) their platform is popular among domestic terrorists and (2) they trumpeted their free speech ideals in response to a request to preserve information related to a recent terrorist attack that was organized (in part) on their platform...

I guess you either didn't read or don't care to acknowledge this part of the letter either, then:

"We strongly encourage you to not believe the vicious smears you might read about Gab which our partisan detractors in the media, who want to abolish American-style free speech, frequently publish."

Did you read the article?

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