Twitter suspends Trump's campaign account TeamTrump for violating its rules

Post by tonystubblebine » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 4:18 AM UTC

unityByFreedom wrote: post #220

tonystubblebine wrote: post #123

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I would like to see people who are advocating for free speech on private platforms to expand what they are saying to also cover their position on property rights. Fine, fine, I get that a lot of people here are chilled by threats to open discussion. But please go further, how do you balance that with a private company's right to do what they want with their own product? I personally find it very threatening as a prod…

> how do you balance that with a private company's right to do what they want with their own product? You're asking for logic from people who learned from a young age that doing bad things gets them attention. Trump is their icon. He was quick and happy after the "capitol storm" riot to finally say there will be a peaceful transition on the 20th. Why? Because he was asked to do it and he feels he is being helpful by…

Post by Steltek » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 4:22 AM UTC

pineapple_rice wrote: post #55

btmiller wrote: post #25

Frankly yes. A tolerant society does not tolerate intolerance.

I don't think you've understood what an insane idea that is. Who defines intolerance? Historically that's the people in power. In the 50's that was the US government and powerful people like CIA Director J Edgar Hoover and Senator Joseph McCarthy who used their power to root out leftists, branding them as communists. They said free america could not tolerate the intolerant leftists because socialism and communists we…

Post by vimax » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 4:25 AM UTC

pdevr wrote: post #138

Question not directly related to this event, but triggered by this: Has any of the countries around the world built a communication mechanism to directly reach its people without using any third-party platforms? Isn't this a must, in case external/foreign malicious actors forcibly take control of the major third-party platforms used in a country someday in future?

Post by kypro » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 4:32 AM UTC

iron0013 wrote: post #201

kypro wrote: post #172

Remember when people said "it's only extremists like Alex Jones" and "white nationalists", yeah well now Twitter has banned the president of the United States. I'm not a supporter of Trump, but I'm yet to hear him explicitly incite violence. I know he encouraged the protest at the Capitol but I've yet to see evidence that he was hoping for it to turn violent? And if he did want that why did he speak out against it? H…

>Remember when people said "it's only extremists like Alex Jones" and "white nationalists", yeah well now Twitter has banned the president of the United States. The president of the United States is in fact an extremist like Alex Jones and a white nationalist.

Post by geofft » Sat, Jan 09, 2021, 4:41 AM UTC

adnzzzzZ wrote: post #163

geofft wrote: post #80

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This sort of coordination is exactly what free markets do. There's no conspiracy or coordination other than that. You may as well imply that there was some sort of coordination between every marketing department releasing an ad saying "In these uncertain times..." last March. The coup failed, the dust settled, Biden will be inaugurated, and most importantly, the Democrats took control of the Senate for the next two y…

Wrong. They came to the same conclusion at the same time because their side of the battle finally won and now they can punish their enemies safely. That's all there is to it. Anything else is a rationalization. In the future if the other side ever wins again it should act the same way and punish their enemies too, in a stronger and more vindictive manner. And this should escalate until one side seizes total control o…