Yes. This is the prevailing philosophy among MAGA cultists.
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Maggie McNeill
It looks to me like Trumpists have exactly reversed the meaning of the word "censorship". To them, it's NOT censorship when the government does it, but it IS censorship for a company to moderate or an individual to criticize.
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When dems are in power then the government merely notifying companies of potential disinformation threats is censorship.
That's it. That's the sum total of their belief system. Inconsistencies in the application of rules/laws/etc. are a feature, not a bug, because they confirm "The rules apply to you, not me," which is, again, the point.
the leaders of the cult are different, of, course, but know this about the followers and feed them the excuses
The way big tech companies and others have been lobbying
It seems like the real content moderators are the private corporations!
The "government" is the "Deep State" that the Trump Admin is fighting, whether the Deep State is hiding in state/federal institutions or private entities.