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Well, we do block them on Facebook and Twitter.

What are you talking about (serious)? Dissent is legal and will not result in imprisonment in the US.

I don't even subscribe to Facebook or Twitter by choice. I definitely wouldn't subscribe to imprisonment by choice, haha. If you're concerned about these platforms controlling their content privately, don't use them.

Well, the US seems hellbent on shipping one journalist who broke no law in US to their torture chambers. Until that's sorted out you just can't claim moral superiority.

Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown.

Assange?

This is of course a joke, come on you guys. Nobody seriously compares jailing people to blocking them on social media.

It’s the thought that counts, the social media platforms that ban you would gladly put you in a gulag if they could.

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