Posted on 05/06/2019 3:30:38 AM PDT by Kaslin
Liberals' defense of free speech extends only to porn and obscenity. Always has, never more.
These are blatant attempts to manipulate the 2020 elections. The FEC can thus involve itself. There is also an obvious case to be made that Facebook, Google, Twitter, Instagram et al are the new, digital “public square” our Founders never envisioned, and thus subject to government regulation and enforcement, as if they were stopping free speech on a street corner or public park.
“The tech giants won’t allow it.”
Remember this?
“Today, we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives. We have created, for the first time in all history, a garden of pure ideology—where each worker may bloom, secure from the pests purveying contradictory truths. Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause. Our enemies shall talk themselves to death, and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!”
Ironic, isn’t it?
David Duke isn’t “alt-right”. He’s still supporting Democrats.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/mar/7/david-duke-praises-rep-ilhan-omar/
In a society were competition is the key business driver, you need a competing platform with a better message. This is how Fox joined the herd and actually became a better station than its competitors.
Facebook is necessary for commerce for so much these days.
If you haven’t noticed, local newspaper and tv and radio coverage are a thing of the past.
Where would a bar/nightclub advertise their booking schedule without it?
Where would a car show promoter advertise and highlight the event?
art opening?
Lecture?
New releases from your publishing company or inventory in your store?
“Free Republic is my social media”
The problem with your social media is that 99% percent of the people have never heard of it, and of the remaining 1%, half of them would like to ban it and dox all of us. Given the state of things in California, I would not be surprised if exactly that happens.
99.99% of what is on FB is an "all about me" statement.
I dumped my FB account about a year ago. I realized that FB was able to draw many conclusions about me based on NOT what I posted there, but what my friends posted there. Scarey.
Good thought.
It's deliberate. The media loves to toss KKKlown David Duke and goose-stepping Nazi fool Richard Spencer in with all the reasonable, lucid pro-Trump figures on the right who are actually reaching people and changing minds like Paul Joseph Watson, Gavin McInnes, Laura Loomer and others as if they are all from the same cauldron of racist, anti-semitic Nazi-worshippers.
“down an increasingly undesirable path where the only speech that is “acceptable” is that which does not offend a single person - or basically no speech at all”
Don’t be stupid. Speech that offends white Christians will not only be “acceptable” under this system, it will be required.
“I dumped my FB account about a year ago”
Me too. 2 months ago. It is inconvenient at times, but worth it to say FU to Facebook.
Facebook is already collaborating with the Chinese government to measure people’s “social worth”.
They are assembling tons of information on you whether you have an account or not.
Once the “benefits” of the Facebook-China project are proclaimed to the world, people in the West will be able to have a “voluntary” social worth score. Within five years, you will need it to buy groceries.
The time to stop this is right now.
THE NASTY OL’ PATENT
Big Tech is NOT free market.
Big Tech has patent monopoly protection, by big Govt, on significant simple processes like ONE TOUCH ordering. Other websites cannot be built without violating numerous trivial things.
Mouse clicking
Displaying a picture
Touching your screen
Big Tech OWNS the internet by patents.
Build your own Twitter or Facebook, you will be shut down.
You Conservatives are banned, you have no right to exist per the Democrat Party. So just SHUT THE HECK UP!
I do not want to hear from you again.
Facebook is monitored by every single local law enforcement division across America. They have persons who do nothing but troll controversial topics in a community looking for anti social behavior, according to liberals.
“Sure, Alex Jones and Infowars, ... have said and published a lot of things that are easy to disagree with.”
Sure, Alex Jones and Infowars, ... have said and published a lot of things that are easy to AGREE with, a lot of things everyone else is afraid to say.
“But in Jones’ case, at least, nobody of any credibility has accused him of being a racist,...” because HE IS NOT A RACIST, just like Trump IS NOT A RACIST.
“...while some content on the Infowars website certainly consists of outlandish speculation at best, such a description might have on occasion fit Trump’s “fake news” targets The Washington Post and New York Times. “
while SOME content on the Infowars website certainly consists of outlandish speculation at best, MOST content is TRUE and groundbreaking.
If you don’t listen to/read INFOWARS or NEWSWARS you are less informed than you could be or should be.
Don’t throw Alex Jones out with the bath water.
Because... you don’t know, what you don’t know.
“You all dont comment on my hair and clothes,...”
Post some pictures of yourself and we’ll see if you’re “guilty” or not :)
The problem is no one can prove it is a monopoly “in restraint of trade.”
FB/Twit erect NO “barriers” to entry, other than the fact that people voluntarily flock there. Any conservative wealthy person could create such a network, only none do.
A shift “might” be possible if a real alternative, such as Gab that fixed its problems and became user friendly, were to see President Trump abruptly leave Twit and join. Immediately about 50m followers would go there, and probably double as each of those undoubtedly has a few people who don’t follow Trump.
But legally, you’d find it difficult to justify the “barriers to entry” clause. Just because no consumers want to buy your product does not constitute a barrier to entry legally.
Um.....no....FB is NOT a private company!
And, they SELL your private information, unlike the Christian baker.....
They're playing both sides of the road....banning content, shadow banning, etc.
Their classification MUST be changed....so that they, too, (like newspapers, etc) can be subject to libel and slander lawsuits.
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