This thread is not about defending KF, it is about defending Cloudflare from demands that they stop doing business with some organization that some have decided is undesirable.
This thread is not about defending KF, it is about defending Cloudflare from demands that they stop doing business with some organization that some have decided is undesirable.
If I'm running a business, I may wish to make a moral judgement and not do business with an energy company because I don't think they're climate-friendly, or avoid doing business with Facebook because of their stance/impact to privacy, or not/stop buying peaches from 9/11 truthers www.palisadeproduce.com. I think these are all completely reasonable and normal ways for me to run a business.
In the same vein, other people are welcome to a view on the above, who i do business with, and try and change my mind, and might withhold their business from me because of it. I think that is also completely fair and normal.
No one is forcing anyone to do anything. Everyone's just having an opinion and operating by it.
Personally, I don't think Cloudflare should stop providing service for these website. I think they have a leg to stand on with saying they're a neutral dumb pipe who will just follow the law. But I also don't think it's abhorrent for people to think different, and try and persuade Cloudflare to cut their relationship with kiwifarms
Abhorrent no, but it goes against our codified laws to try to persuade one business to stop doing business with another.