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LOL....how brave of you...I despise pitiful snowflakes that report things...its why I have 3 FB accounts...In fact my main comes off ban tomorrow...thank goodness...Never gonna shut me up though.
Well, bully for you?
I'm shocked that one or more of your FB accounts are banned, though. Keep fighting the good fight, ORION, you're making a difference!
But it's not really that simple, my friend. We're not just talking about Facebook. Look at what happened to The Daily Stormer. They were essentially banned from the internet. No one would host them, no one would offer site security, etc. All of the major tech companies collectively refused to work with them. They had no means to create their own platform. And why? Because they expressed an opinion that others were uncomfortable with? That should frighten everyone.
That's closer to being allowed to use the street, but being banned from going into any store. And using the street means walking, because all of the stores have agreed not to sell you any gas, or even put air in your bike tires. And you can't just build your own store because the real estate brokers and contractors won't work with you either. Do you see what I'm saying?
Who the hell is the Daily Stormer?
So, what's your solution - big daddy .gov steps in and forces companies to do business with people they don't want to? That doesn't sound very conservative to me.
But it's not really that simple, my friend. We're not just talking about Facebook. Look at what happened to The Daily Stormer. They were essentially banned from the internet. No one would host them, no one would offer site security, etc. All of the major tech companies collectively refused to work with them. They had no means to create their own platform. And why? Because they expressed an opinion that others were uncomfortable with? That should frighten everyone.
That's closer to being allowed to use the street, but being banned from going into any store. And using the street means walking, because all of the stores have agreed not to sell you any gas, or even put air in your bike tires. And you can't just build your own store because the real estate brokers and contractors won't work with you either. Do you see what I'm saying?
They didn't “collectively†refuse to work with them. Their views are repugnant to the vast majority of people. I would not want to provide them MY platform, if I had one. These other owners all feel the same way, individually. It is not a conspiracy.
But that is the way the free market works. That is why bigotry is bad for business. No government entity should have the right to tell a person what they can and can’t say, but the market can. And if you force me to provide them a platform, aren’t you violating MY free speech? I don’t want any part of the things that they say, so now you are going to force me to broadcast their voice against my will?
It's a little disingenuous to say "that's how the free market works" when those who carry the market signals simply cut off those signals on a whim. The market was already working by determining the popularity of the messages and the ability to monetize them before those signals were terminated. Once again, the signal carriers are perfectly free to do that -- IF they are willing to give up the legal protections of being mere communication conduits and assume the liabilities of being content publishers.
Ridiculous. We get most of our information now through Google, Facebook, Youtube, etc. What are we supposed to do, start our own giant social media company if we don't like them?
Based on other responses, I wonder if this was sarcasm. Because that is exactly what you should do if you don't like them.
So, what's your solution - big daddy .gov steps in and forces companies to do business with people they don't want to? That doesn't sound very conservative to me.
So, I Googled Daily Stormer - oh, boo-hoo. Some neo-Nazi site that advocates for genocide against Jews and denies the Holocaust can't find someone to host their website?
Good riddance. Also, I noticed that he has claimed Alex Jones as an inspiration. Not surprising.
If that's the best your "slippery slope" argument can produce, it's even more pathetic than most.
Exactly, we never see left wingers quoting, praising, or cheering Farrakhan. As a matter of fact, the only ones who mention him are Trump supporters. As far a Jones, he is quoted, quit often as gospel, by numerous Right-wingers in here.
lol riiiight
A racist defending the Leader of the Nation of Racists. The left supports these racist scumbags. The right has nothing to do with them.
Think about what kind of person advocates for those kinds of people.. I am no longer responding the 8 here who have shown they carry similar feelings...That kind of hatred deserves no public platform.
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So, I Googled Daily Stormer - oh, boo-hoo. Some neo-Nazi site that advocates for genocide against Jews and denies the Holocaust can't find someone to host their website?
Good riddance. Also, I noticed that he has claimed Alex Jones as an inspiration. Not surprising.
If that's the best your "slippery slope" argument can produce, it's even more pathetic than most.
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