The Twitter Files

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Basanos [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Look at all of this evidence that deplatforming conservative disinformation peddlers is effective

It would be a lot more harmonious if they would just de-platform all conservatives IMO

Echo bubbles or nothing

Super rich companies wanting to be involved in politics isn’t a problem when they are playing for the correct side (can’t use “right” side here due to not wanting to confuse anyone)

[Evia]

If it were just twitter I'd agree with you guys.

The fucking feds were involved though which is why it's anything but a nothingburger.

P.s. I'm not a republican, a trump supporter (mother fucker trying to abolish the constitution??) Or siding with anyone here. But I think suppression and censorship via our government because they disagree with someone is bad bad form and I thought every American would feel that way, regardless of party affilation. Guess partisanship is stronger than I thought.

I mean, you guys do you I guess. I just think you're ushering in a new era of nazism.

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If it were just twitter I'd agree with you guys.

The fucking feds were involved though which is why it's anything but a nothingburger.

P.s. I'm not a republican, a trump supporter (mother fucker trying to abolish the constitution??) Or siding with anyone here. But I think suppression and censorship via our government because they disagree with someone is bad bad form and I thought every American would feel that way, regardless of party affilation. Guess partisanship is stronger than I thought.

I mean, you guys do you I guess. I just think you're ushering in a new era of nazism.

Twitter and its (now former) employees' conduct is severable from what government employees did or did not do.

Move forward with that.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If it were just twitter I'd agree with you guys.

The fucking feds were involved though which is why it's anything but a nothingburger.

P.s. I'm not a republican, a trump supporter (mother fucker trying to abolish the constitution??) Or siding with anyone here. But I think suppression and censorship via our government because they disagree with someone is bad bad form and I thought every American would feel that way, regardless of party affilation. Guess partisanship is stronger than I thought.

I mean, you guys do you I guess. I just think you're ushering in a new era of nazism.

It’s just semantics, it’s their private business and they can refuse to serve whoever they want

It would be like if you owned a store. If someone comes in you don’t have to serve them. You just have to be crafty about why not. You have to be careful not to get caught in a discrimination trap and say it’s because of a protected class

But you could be like “no I’m not going to serve you”. Them: “why?” You: “because I don’t like you”. Done, argument over, there is no legal recourse

They are not legally required to serve anyone. So they can discriminate based on politics because it’s not protected


I personally just find it funny how they have to have these secret meetings about conservatives like “hey you know those conservative public figures we hate? Well I think I may have found a loophole we can use to ban them”

If I was an admin Democrat working there I’d be like “why are we even having this meeting? Just fucking ban them. Put for the reason: because fuck you, and send a picture of Joe Biden eating an ice cream cone”

But no, big tech has to pretend to tip toe around some arbitrary rule system so as not to scare all the conservatives away

[Evia]

Originally Posted by Reiwa [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Twitter and its (now former) employees' conduct is severable from what government employees did or did not do.

Move forward with that.

Ohhh so become an authoritarian sympathizer like you.

[Evia]

I just find it insane you guys shove it under the rug because twitter is a private business and just choose to ignore that our government colluded with these guys to suppress free speech.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I just find it insane you guys shove it under the rug because twitter is a private business and just choose to ignore that our government colluded with these guys to suppress free speech.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

Twitter is a private business

Gov’t telling a private business what to do is very much a democrat thing. I think THAT part is extremely shady, but I don’t see how it can be fixed or changed which I stated in my original post on this thread

More giving up because I don’t see a solution

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I just find it insane you guys shove it under the rug because twitter is a private business and just choose to ignore that our government colluded with these guys to suppress free speech.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

As you have told us previously, there is no legal crime known as collusion.

[Basanos]

Originally Posted by Evia [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I just find it insane you guys shove it under the rug because twitter is a private business and just choose to ignore that our government colluded with these guys to suppress free speech.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

Our government colludes with weapons manufacturers to end the free speech of people every single day, the fact that it happened on a single social media platform to one billionaire for inciting a riot is meaningless

[Reiwa]

Here's what you CAN do.

Centering Tweep voices is good for the narrative, but bad for getting results.

If you actually care, I mean.