I don't know the intricacies of U.S. law, and you most definitely don't either, so it's kinda pointless to argue these things in detail. If revoking the social media companies' legal protections requires a rewrite of the law, then so be it.




The bigger point is really simple: the media is called the Fourth Estate for good reason, a functioning democracy crucially depends on the proper, factual formation of public opinion. If tech companies have achieved a near-monopolistic position, and they develop a distinct political agenda, and then abuse their stranglehold on public opinion by systematically censoring and silencing differing opinions, then they have become a threat to democracy and must be put in their place.

Imho, the rubicon was crossed when big tech censored the sitting president AND then colluded to actively deplatform any attempts at forming alternative social media platforms which would have undercut their censorship.
These points are far bigger and more important than petty-minded quibbling about the legal details of this pushback.

This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jan 5 2022 03:51pm

Thor never cared about truth. I dont know why people still respond to him.

You are buying into propaganda again. Parler was "deplatformed" for being unable to moderate their content. There were death threats among other things that they were notified about that went unaddressed for months. There was no concerted effort to deplatform them based on political affiliation, and Parler still exists. How about if you want a platform, don't flagrantly violate the terms of service? It's not like the president isn't extensively having his words covered in basically every outlet anyway. He is the president. Don't be stupid and imply the president doesn't still have the widest reach of literally anybody in the country even without his twitter account.

Unless you advocate for rewriting the first amendment you will never have a basis in American law to require hosting of political speech by a private company. That goes for the president, any platform, or any person. Hosting speech is just as much a political expression as saying it yourself, and it has the absolute maximum level of protection that you can give freedom of speech in America.

My daddy said, "This here digging implement adapted for being pushed into the ground with the foot. We call that a spade."
Long story short.
I learned to call a spade, a spade at an early age.
See no reason to go against that now.
Am I wrong, shipmate?

Yes, you are wrong, and I am not your shipmate.

What should I call it?

Btw, I know a lot of vets who agree with me.

Bigotry.

Good for you, shipwreck.

Veterinarians ?



Probably hundred or thousands murders and rapes the whites did to the slaves, unpunished.
In your picked up example they got life sentence, well deserved.

This post was edited by Saucisson6000 on Jan 5 2022 05:21pm

I see you like to hide behind gatekeeper words.

Good for you, shipmate.
Btw, I may not be your shipmate, but you are still mine.
You don't get a say in the matter.

Lol, I make that joke all the time too.