
-- "When Donald Trump was kicked off social media in 2021, liberal pundit Matthew Yglesias tweeted, 'It's kinda weird that deplatforming Trump just like completely worked with no visible downside whatsoever.' Two years later, Fox News fired Tucker Carlson, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) celebrated that 'deplatforming works,' though she worried about the long-term implications." --Thinking can be so hard.