Comment on Microsoft is reportedly banning Palestinians in the U.S. for life for calling relatives in Gaza

Kyrgizion@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yep. If you ever shared a political opinion, that could put you on someone’s naughty list. If that someone gets a position of power and decides they want to attack, well, you could be the next metaphorical Palestinian.

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  • Deebster@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Voting on Lemmy isn’t private (and is probably for sale on closed platforms) so just upvoting an opinion might be enough to get you on some lists.

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Downvoted your comment just to be safe

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• smiletolerantly@awful.systems ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have always been pro-privacy, but in a kind of lukewarm, “I wish someone would do something about this” way.

  What has finally pushed me to ditch services from large corporations over the past couple of years is not really a concern for privacy, its a drive for self-sufficiency.

  As basically the last stepping stone, as of a couple of weeks ago, my email, calendar and contacts are self-hosted, and it’s just… So freeing.

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• pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
  
  Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
  
  Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
  
  Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
  
  —Martin Niemöller
  

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