Originally Posted by patteeu:
In addition to staking out your anti-free speech position, my earlier response to Lex applies to you too.
Your example has no basis in reality.
I'm not ok with businesses discriminating "for any reason," and that is not legal. Discrimination based solely on political party, which isn't happening anywhere that I'm aware of, doesn't generally seem like a good business decision. But if it happened to me, you won't find me crying about non-existent rights. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cosmo20002:
Your example has no basis in reality.
I'm not ok with businesses discriminating "for any reason," and that is not legal. Discrimination based solely on political party, which isn't happening anywhere that I'm aware of, doesn't generally seem like a good business decision. But if it happened to me, you won't find me crying about non-existent rights.
Well, like I said, I'm not very interested in your opinions about big tech censorship. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cosmo20002:
My opinions are essentially fact, and I've noticed you like to avoid facts when they are inconvenient for whatever you've already decided.
^Imagine being this stupid but still able to breath..
Originally Posted by cosmo20002:
Your example has no basis in reality.
I'm not ok with businesses discriminating "for any reason," and that is not legal. Discrimination based solely on political party, which isn't happening anywhere that I'm aware of, doesn't generally seem like a good business decision. But if it happened to me, you won't find me crying about non-existent rights.
lol
^These guys literally cry over every grievance they can imagine, but they're here to tell you that they'd be completely cool with corporate censorship of their viewpoints in the public square. [Reply]
Originally Posted by cosmo20002:
My opinions are essentially fact, and I've noticed you like to avoid facts when they are inconvenient for whatever you've already decided.
Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud:
What censorship?
Websites aren't required by law to allow anyone and everyone to post on their sites.
If you don't adhere to their terms of service, you're booted. End of story.
Fair enough but allowing for free speech even if it is damaging is the right thing to do. Its different if your platform isnt giving people their power to speak. Social media is the very best way to communicate with the masses. Not allowing people to use it that are against your ideology is controlling the narrative of society. Dumb people are impressionable and easy to manipulate. Even successful societies such as the Roman Republic had issues with certain communication being too powerful and the dissent not heard. If you are Burger King or Target its a different story and you should be able to censor anyone you want.
Bottom line, even if you are wrong, evil, dumb and misguided you should not be silenced. Let the people decide.
I even think TERRORISTS or MURDERS shouldn't even be censored or blocked. Now, Im all for twitter and facebook fact checking blatant false statements of influential people as long as ppl can see what was said. Blocking them altogether is where I draw the line. [Reply]
In the last two days large swaths of people have been told they can no longer create groups or events on the book of faces. In one case Fb went back over 6 years to find an image or meme to flag, which is the assumed reason for the group and event block. That person had never even tried to create a group or event and doesn't believe he had ever even responded to an even invitation. [Reply]
Let us know when actors and directors are deported because the government thinks their work promotes Communism or the Congress changes the Pledge of Allegiance, then just maybe it might be somewhat equal to McCarthyism. [Reply]
^These guys literally cry over every grievance they can imagine, but they're here to tell you that they'd be completely cool with corporate censorship of their viewpoints in the public square.
:-)
Is that a thing? The idea that a person has a right to have corporations broadcast their views is just bizarre. [Reply]