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marble falls

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4. The important part of the piece ...

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Thu Oct 27, 2022, 12:56 PM

Oct 2022

... The “deplatforming” of Ye is a strong and necessary check against hate speech. But the saga reinforces how fraught it is to look to predominantly White, capitalist institutions to enforce and maintain boundaries around hate and bigotry in this society.

This why Ye got in this deep. Ye became the force he became because he was making corporations fat.

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Congrats, you canceled Kanye. Call me when White guys get in trouble. [View all] douglas9 Oct 2022 OP

I'd be more than happy for that to start with Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Steve Bannon and all hlthe2b Oct 2022 #1

Any comment about Kanye that doesn't explicitly address vanlassie Oct 2022 #2

Chris Noth was killed off the Equalizer... JT45242 Oct 2022 #3

The important part of the piece ... marble falls Oct 2022 #4