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That argument is, of course, nonsense.

First, private and public censorship are fundamentally different due to power balances. The government is enjoined from censorship except in very carefully defined circumstances. Private entities are allowed to censor except in carefully defined circumstances.

Conflating the two is the thing that shifts the Overton Window.




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