Stripe bans Trump campaign

Post by refurb » Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 5:16 AM UTC

dragonwriter wrote: post #570

refurb wrote: post #564

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“Not being taken seriously”? They are all being tracked down and arrested. Put on no fly lists. New legislation is being drafted to address domestic terrorism. All of their social media platforms are being shut down. What does this author mean by “not being taken seriously”?

“Enjoyed”, past tense, while they were openly plotting terrorism and insurgency. Once they executed it, that stopped (mostly, though people—including here on HN—are still arguing that they shouldn't be taken seriously.) But, had they been taken seriously when plotting murder and Insurrection in the open, it could have been disrupted before they swarmed the Capitol, or even showed up in D.C.

Post by vmception » Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 5:17 AM UTC

Post by msla » Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 5:19 AM UTC

mjevans wrote: post #501

baumandm wrote: post #467

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Unfortunately I don't think it's a stretch to suggest that a large percentage of people across the political spectrum lack basic civics knowledge.

We make people take a test to drive. People should have to take a Civics based test to vote. If someone wants to vote but fails the civics test, they should then immediately qualify for a minimum living wage job to go back to public education and get paid for getting at least an 80% grade at whatever grade level they're working at (obviously with either enrollment at lower grade levels, classification as disability i…

Post by msla » Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 5:21 AM UTC

dukeofdoom wrote: post #510

trustfundbaby wrote: post #279

I was on the fence about this, but reading the comments convinced me it was the absolute right decision. The fact that all these institutions just allowed this horrible hateful speech for four years, in the name of free speech etc, despite all the harassment, harm (mental and otherwise) it caused to so many people in America actually emboldened so many to the extent that now that they crossed this invisible line, the…

A few issues: 1) The most radicalized are by Q. Which itself is a disinformation campaign, contributed to by government entities. 2) Bernie sanders brags about occupying government buildings. Would he be held to the same standard? OAC praised BLM protesters marching on the White House a few months ago, with Antifa trying to breach police lines and storm the White House. Should we throw her in jail for sedition. How a…

Post by ashtonkem » Mon, Jan 11, 2021, 5:21 AM UTC

doubleunplussed wrote: post #375

chrononaut wrote: post #286

I am curious for the people against such action by Stripe, what conditions do you think are appropriate before cutting off this kind of service to a customer? I imagine there must be some conditions that would make one say "we are enabling this individual's actions" to some definiton of "actions" that you disagree with.

Honestly? Breaking the law. Companies providing a service should not care what it is used for. If society has a problem with what people are using services for, it should pass laws, and the companies should comply with the requirements of the law. I don't know why we are allowing massive companies with unchecked power to make decisions about what is acceptable behaviour on social networks. Since when did they make th…