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Oh so we're clear - it's ok to discriminate against businesses? Some have one set of rules while the other have another set.
What's the argument again?
Let's just drop the bakery, that was a bad comparison. How is that no one can address the discrepancies on the rules for these big social media companies.
The equal protection clause, like the Constitution itself, limits the power of GOVERNMENT. It has zero to do with private commerce. The text states: "No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." The basis of the amendment was to protect slaves from unequal treatment by the states and why during Jim Crow the phrase "Separate but equal" was used.
In any event this has absolutely zero to do with Twitter making a business decision. Sure Trump could sue in civil court for any monetary damages but, like with all civil cases, he would have to prove them.
Twitter has become a public utility and certainly has a double standard when it comes to liberal vs. conservative speech.
The issue here is not the enforcement against violent rhetoric, the issue here is the painting of conservative voices as inherently dangerous or violent. Violent rhetoric should, under no circumstances, be allowed, but only a small portion of the fringe left or right espouses violent views. The remainder should have an equal platform to express and debate those views without interference from the platform.
I have said this several times on these threads and it's been ignored-protect your own rights to free speech by protecting the rights of others, including those with dissenting views. It's easy to do a victory lap when you perceive your enemy as being silenced, but if history is any indication, what follows afterwards is tragic and the country is never the same again. No one will benefit from it in the long run.
The issue here is not the enforcement against violent rhetoric, the issue here is the painting of conservative voices as inherently dangerous or violent. Violent rhetoric should, under no circumstances, be allowed, but only a small portion of the fringe left or right espouses violent views. The remainder should have an equal platform to express and debate those views without interference from the platform.
I have said this several times on these threads and it's been ignored-protect your own rights to free speech by protecting the rights of others, including those with dissenting views. It's easy to do a victory lap when you perceive your enemy as being silenced, but if history is any indication, what follows afterwards is tragic and the country is never the same again. No one will benefit from it in the long run.
Exactly. The left has just been so consumed by hate that they could never do this.
The issue here is not the enforcement against violent rhetoric, the issue here is the painting of conservative voices as inherently dangerous or violent. Violent rhetoric should, under no circumstances, be allowed, but only a small portion of the fringe left or right espouses violent views. The remainder should have an equal platform to express and debate those views without interference from the platform.
I have said this several times on these threads and it's been ignored-protect your own rights to free speech by protecting the rights of others, including those with dissenting views. It's easy to do a victory lap when you perceive your enemy as being silenced, but if history is any indication, what follows afterwards is tragic and the country is never the same again. No one will benefit from it in the long run.
I can't imagine anyone disagreeing with you on this, however that is not what is happening on these sites. They need to BAN all violent rhetoric.
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