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Re: Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars

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Post by rhizome » Sat, Sep 08, 2018, 6:15 PM UTC

manfredo wrote: post #56

rhizome wrote: post #26

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There's no way they can ban him for saying that yet still claim to enforce the rules equally for all political affiliations. It's not the government, they absolutely can ban people for anything they want and they don't have to be consistent about it. There's nothing you can do about this it than deleting your account, complaining about them on the internet, and/or acquiring a seat on their board of directors and effe…

Sure Twitter and other tech platforms are well within their rights to act in an explicitly partisan manner, but their reputations will suffer and the government will be even more keen on breaking them up and putting them on a tight regulatory leash.

Their reputation will suffer among who, white supremacists?

Maybe they'll burn their computers in protest like so many Nike shoes.

Re: Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars

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Post by _Tev » Mon, Sep 10, 2018, 9:01 PM UTC

noobermin wrote: post #69

twiceaday wrote: post #31

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This is overly simplistic. Everybody has their own thresholds. The tamer the 'last straw' the easier it is to twist the message.

Why do you care? If you're on the right, then I'd say look at the Presidency, look at the Congress, look at the Supreme Court, look at most of state and local governments and stop crying. If you aren't on the right, why do you care how they feel? Do they spend time worrying about the suppressed people they victimize? Or do they mock them and deride them?

This is how American left loses elections.

I was really thinking that your crazies on the right simply make up that "intellectual left that looks down on them", but boyyy, HN discussions have convinced me that the US left is quite rotten too (I assume people here are actually friendlier and more likely to try to convince the other side than general population).

It's a shame, this stupid polarization.

Re: Twitter Permanently Bans Alex Jones and Infowars

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Post by anigbrowl » Thu, Sep 13, 2018, 2:29 AM UTC

dsfasfsdfff wrote: post #102

anigbrowl wrote: post #84

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I just find it sad that people don't find it grounds enough to switch to a more open network. Not having to see Alex Jones as often is a feature, not a bug.

I've never seen him, nor has the poster I replied to. There is no need to ban people so that people don't have to see them.

You can easily familiarise yourself with his history of abusive behavior towards innocent and undeserving people as well as his chronic incitements of violence.