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Facebook removed a fact-check on anti-abortion video after Ted Cruz complained

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Re: Facebook removed a fact-check on anti-abortion video after Ted Cruz complained

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Post by pjc50 »

rpmisms wrote: post #2

I am pro-life, with the exception of medical emergencies. I'm not going to argue about that. Seeing the discourse going downhill like this hurts, since it's just one more broad-brush tool to use against a different side.

"Going" downhill?

https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9827886/abortion-clinic-attack...

"Since 1977 there have been eight murders, 17 attempted murders, 42 bombings, and 186 arsons targeted at abortion clinics and providers across the United States. In some cases, a small group of clinics have been targeted multiple times."

Re: Facebook removed a fact-check on anti-abortion video after Ted Cruz complained

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Post by ashes-of-sol »

pjc50 wrote: post #3
rpmisms wrote: post #2

I am pro-life, with the exception of medical emergencies. I'm not going to argue about that. Seeing the discourse going downhill like this hurts, since it's just one more broad-brush tool to use against a different side.

"Going" downhill? https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9827886/abortion-clinic-attack... "Since 1977 there have been eight murders, 17 attempted murders, 42 bombings, and 186 arsons targeted at abortion clinics and providers across the United States. In some cases, a small group of clinics have been targeted multiple times."

Perhaps instead of "pro life", a better moniker would be "forced birth"

Re: Facebook removed a fact-check on anti-abortion video after Ted Cruz complained

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Post by jjulius »

coryrc wrote: post #7

I'm so glad big tech screens videos for the correct political viewpoint. Nobody could have predicted events like this.

They screened videos to ensure the facts pertaining to a medical procedure were correct. The fact check itself had nothing to do with politics.

Re: Facebook removed a fact-check on anti-abortion video after Ted Cruz complained

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Post by jMyles »

jjulius wrote: post #8
coryrc wrote: post #7

I'm so glad big tech screens videos for the correct political viewpoint. Nobody could have predicted events like this.

They screened videos to ensure the facts pertaining to a medical procedure were correct. The fact check itself had nothing to do with politics.

> It had nothing to do with politics.

Surely you can see that this is impossible. There is no component of a video like this which has "nothing to do with politics."

Re: Facebook removed a fact-check on anti-abortion video after Ted Cruz complained

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Post by jtbayly »

pjc50 wrote: post #3
rpmisms wrote: post #2

I am pro-life, with the exception of medical emergencies. I'm not going to argue about that. Seeing the discourse going downhill like this hurts, since it's just one more broad-brush tool to use against a different side.

"Going" downhill? https://www.vox.com/2015/12/1/9827886/abortion-clinic-attack... "Since 1977 there have been eight murders, 17 attempted murders, 42 bombings, and 186 arsons targeted at abortion clinics and providers across the United States. In some cases, a small group of clinics have been targeted multiple times."

And 1.3 million murders per year by abortionists.
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