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There's a certain irony in the fact that whoever you're responsing to got their message removed.

Flagged, not removed. Subtle difference, not saying it's huge, but you can still see their comments if you enable showdead in your settings.

Censored by a different name is still censored.

Agreed. I was just pointing out it's not actually removed, and you can still read it (if you go out of your way to do so).

It's not that conservative opinions are censored. It's that bad opinion with zero merit to any reasonable person, such as insults, racism, sexual harassment, etc, are censored.

Unfortunately that means that most conservative opinions are censored.

Or, at least, the ones that matter said by our most popular politicians.

Rephrased, think of it this way: if I talk like Barack Obama at work, I'm fine. If I talk like President Donald Trump, I'm getting sent to HR on my first day. And that has nothing to do with their political leanings.

As though HR are suddenly The Arbiters of Truth and that declining birth rates and increasing isolation are helped by people at working fearing being sent to HR if they make a mistake or say something non-approved.

I mean, yeah, those stats are being helped by HR, but not in the direction any sane person would favour.

You don't have to be "Arbiter of Truth" to say "hey, you're making women uncomfortable, three women have complained about your language, you're fired"

The only people who consistently have issues with HR are pieces of shit.

What I'm trying to say is that Donald Trump says things like "grab her by the pussy" and "[Haitians] are eating dogs and cats" and that's why talking like him would get you censored.

You can be conservative and not racist, or not sexist, or not a piece of shit in general. Most conservatives cannot manage that, no matter how hard they try. At least - most conservatives currently in power in the US.

So, if that's your baseline or your inspiration, then yes, you will PREDICTABILITY be censored. And I garauntee nobody gives a single fuck.

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