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Celebrities say they are being censored by TikTok after speaking out against ICE

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Post by scotty79 »

0x3f wrote: post #25
jauntywundrkind wrote: post #12

pretty impressive how quickly Ellisons managed to make this whole situation suck and reek badly. they'll turn down the heat & stuff the frog back in the pot, then crank the heat up a bit slower this time, but there is just going to be such endless utterly preposterous censorship and algorithmic biasing for the right wing & ultra capitalist agenda, on and on now. incredible beyond words that this was a unanimous decis…

Capitalism is when bad things happen. And the more badder they are the more capitalism it is!

I recently saw an interesting explanation. The point was, that capitalism is not (just) an economical system. It's a system of power in which capital can (and almost always does) overrule everything else. If you take this stance, capitalism is to blame for all the good and bad things that happen in the capitalist country. Democracy is just the way how capital rules.

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Post by BigglesB »

0x3f wrote: post #25
jauntywundrkind wrote: post #12

pretty impressive how quickly Ellisons managed to make this whole situation suck and reek badly. they'll turn down the heat & stuff the frog back in the pot, then crank the heat up a bit slower this time, but there is just going to be such endless utterly preposterous censorship and algorithmic biasing for the right wing & ultra capitalist agenda, on and on now. incredible beyond words that this was a unanimous decis…

Capitalism is when bad things happen. And the more badder they are the more capitalism it is!

I’m reading “ultra-capitalists” here as “those that control an extreme proportion of capital” rather than “those who believe really strongly in capitalism as a system”, though tbf that venn diagram may well be a donut…

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Post by joe_mamba »

saubeidl wrote: post #51
joe_mamba wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Nobody assaulted anyone. Shooting somebody that is already on the ground in the back of their head is not self defence. ICE is not law enforcement. Impressively, you managed to misrepresent a fact with every single word in your sentence.

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Post by ap99 »

scotty79 wrote: post #50
baxtr wrote: post #37

I have a bit of experience with video platforms. It’s really hard to say which video will work or not. What people react to and what not. All I’m saying is that this could also potentially be explained by "The Algorithm" per se.

Support for ICE is in minority (although a large one). I don't think algorithm would suppress negative opinions on it, especially among viewership of celebrities that don't appeal to the right side of political spectrum.

You should qualify your statement with "amongst the few people I talk to and the narrow spectrum of media I consume."

Also, do you mean minority of the total US population or minority of the voting population?

For one reference point I fully support ICE. And I think it's wild you have local and state politicians encouraging actions against federal agents who are enforcing federal law.

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Post by vanviegen »

rsynnott wrote: post #60

Celebrities should consider maybe not using social media things controlled by the regime? Like, other social media is available.

> Like, other social media is available.

Social media that actually have a large audience and that cannot be easily pressured by the US government?

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Post by awesome_dude »

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote: post #65
Alifatisk wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn’t more and more countries fall into the enemies category as Trump is ruining international relationships?

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Wait, everything ELSE was a "performance" but a (claimed) standing ovation was the real deal...?

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Post by notamario »

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm wrote: post #65
Alifatisk wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Doesn’t more and more countries fall into the enemies category as Trump is ruining international relationships?

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What did he get out of the Greenland deal that the US didn’t have Jan 19, 2025?

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Post by joe_mamba »

saubeidl wrote: post #58
joe_mamba wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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You think the appropriate punishment for interfering with a simple administrative act is gunshots to the back of the head ? Are you even reading what you're saying???

Police have the right to defend themselves if they fear for their lives. It was terrible accident indeed that could have been voided if he'd not physically interfere or have a gun on him.
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