kind of a stuff brown townogy, cloudflare isn't the only group around that can protect your website from DDOS, whereas the fire department is usually the only party who can respond to a fire before it destroys everything. it's more like ADT providing security services for a neo-national socialist compound or something lol
I think the funny part about this is that fire departments do actually have a
documented history of neglecting black neighborhoods, i.e. the homes of people who they believed do not possess sufficient moral character. it's like people think it was police manning those fire hoses in the photos of civil rights protesters in birmingham
more pertinently, it is, like you said, a stupid metaphor. not only for the reason you said, but also because that's just not what people are asking for. cloudflare is not being urged to end service to kf because of their opinions or perceived "moral character", but because they are actively, deliberately, causing material harm to other people. it's a gun shop selling body armor to an active shooter
