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-=> Daniel wrote to Ron Lauzon <=-

 Da> Don't forget the buzzwords such as 'violent speech.' That's my
 Da> favorite.

Oh, ya. "Hate speech".  Which we've found to really mean "speech we don't like"
or "speech that doesn't match our Narrative".

 Da> I'm really torn though. These companies have tons of power but are also
 Da> public companies. They're under no obligation to follow the
 Da> constitutional free speech protections because they're not the
 Da> government. Nor should they. On the other hand, their downfall will be
 Da> the very act of censorship/discrimination that they practice.

I completely agree.  But these companies want the best of both worlds.

On one hand, they want to be a platform (like the phone network) and not be
held responsible for what others post on their platform.  I get that.  I would
argue that companies like Facebook and YouTube wouldn't be able to exist if
they had to vet every post.

But on the other hand, they want the power to edit speech that they don't like.
 But that makes them a publisher and they **are** responsible for their content
on their platform.

They can't have it both ways.  The rules don't work like that.

If Facebook or YouTube want to deplatform/censor certain people, I'll agree
with that.  But then they lose their Section 230 protection and can be sued for
what other people post.

If they want that protection, that's fine too.  But they lose their ability to
silence people they don't like.

And remember, I'm not talking about Facebook or YouTube taking content down
because a court told them to do so.

 Da> This is why I feel the democratic party is dead. I call them the
 Da> democrat party now. In another thread, I said that their ethos is
 Da> fragile. AOC is evidence of it. Her barside politics tore them to
 Da> shreds and she didn't even try and she did in a year what people
 Da> haven't done in a century.

I agree.  The Democrat Party is gone.  Left in its place is the Socialist Party
because the people there have much more in common with socialists.

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