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The removal of the anti-LGBTQ+ Libs of TikTok account and its owner Chaya Raichik follows a string of controversies over her bigoted rhetoric.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago

Notice how at no point did Raichik try to defend the statements and actions that got Libs of TikTok put on the list in the first place.

This was less of a "We have been incorrectly labelled as extremists, and here's why", and more of a "How dare you try to hold me accountable for my extremist viewpoints!"

And that's the way the GOP operates today. They don't even bother trying to defend their actions, and instead focusing on just threatening anyone and everyone who dares to hold them accountable for them.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Crazy how many wins they get in social media.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having a ton of dark oligarch money behind you and threatening legal action will do that. But I bet this win will be temporary, the ADL is going to have their lawyers review the articles before putting them back up with any legally necessary edits.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Which makes me wonder why there isn't the same on other political groups. What did the right do that the left can't seem to match

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The left tries to play by the rules, and the right either blatantly ignores them, or actively changes the rules to benefit their fascism.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Billionaire backers is a big one

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

You can push your narrative way further when truth is secondary.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

So are these the libs the MAGA own or different libs?