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sc94597 said:

curl-6 said:

But whether it's enforced by official agencies or by freelance extremists on the internet, the end result in terms of stifling freedom of expression is the same.

My argument is that it is not the same result. Having the government involved in policing speech-content is a fast way for the U.S to become an unfree society along the path of Russia. The U.S is already in a problematic state as it is. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Press_Freedom_Index#/media/File:Press_freedom_2025.svg

There is a clear power-differential between what the Government of the United States of America can do and what a collection of extremely online twitter leftists who represent a percentage of a percentage of the population can do. 

I agree that this is a troubling development and that it poses serious risks.

The alt left also used government power to enforce their ideology though; there are countries where you can be sent to jail for sharing a meme or saying something they deem politically incorrect.