US Politics Thread 2016-2020 - Page 840

Buddahaid · 01-09-21, 01:05 PM

You can spew hate speech on public property outside a Starbucks, but inside the store they have a right to throw you out.

I'm not so blind I don't get your point but it's built on a misconception.

Dowly · 01-09-21, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidman

In fact lots and lots of people have been (temporarily) banned for relatively harmless tweets compared to the hate speech and lies twittered by Trump. He was given a fat celebrity bonus and he exhausted it to the limits.

Yep, someone even made a Twitter account where he only posted Trump's tweets, word for word, and he got constantly in trouble with Twitter due to the content of those tweets.

Aktungbby · 01-09-21, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolferz

I hear Trump will be starting a new venture combining Twitter Youtube and Facebook.
To be called YOUTWITFACE

I just worry where he's gonna open his presidential library, given his proven egomaniacal persona, to house his megalomaniac 'legacy'...vol 1 will be TwitterTwits of a Twit.

August · 01-09-21, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal

I'm very strongly considering it. I'm tired of being told I'm evil. Besides, I want to get some of that free health care and basic income, shrug.

Do they hand out membership cards? It just might be a ticket off the train to the gulag some day.

Buddahaid · 01-09-21, 01:36 PM

I got mine, know the secret handshake, and a nifty decoder ring to boot.

mapuc · 01-09-21, 01:40 PM

Feelings

Since Nov. 3 and especially after Wednesdays "event" in Washington

We have used our feelings more than our standpoints and/or knowledge.

This is understandable.

Markus

Wolferz · 01-09-21, 01:41 PM

Tawt he taw a democrat stealwing his ewection.

Mr Quatro · 01-09-21, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mapuc

Feelings

Since Nov. 3 and especially after Wednesdays "event" in Washington

We have used our feelings more than our standpoints and/or knowledge.

This is understandable.

Markus

True Markus ... we of the faith are waiting for the smoke to clear

Rockstar · 01-09-21, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

The people with the confederate flags are looking to create a fascist state whether they realize it, or not

while BLM is pushing for a socialist state whether they realize it , or not, and I don't want either.

I dont think middle ground can be found when we lump whole groups of people in a box and then presume to know what they all want, that's the media talking. Listening may help though.

One of the basic fundamentals of fascism is a centralized authoritarian government ruled be edict and decree from a dictator. If you look at the U.S. COVID posts damn near every one demanded a central government authority figure to act on behave of the whole population. Those were the people IMO openly inviting fascism. I'd bet neither a BLM activist and especially those Confederate flag waving rednecks wants that.

Doesnt sound like he's a socialist to me.
https://www.nfl.com/videos/say-their...r-means-to-him

Buddahaid · 01-09-21, 02:08 PM

Fair enough but racism is also a central point to fascism and it certainly appears there is an effort to make Trump into that dictator as well.

BLM? One can argue that is also racist so go figure, and then there was the great failed experiment in Seattle where there was minimal governmental interference. Funny, that is something conservatives express a desire for but railed against.

How does one talk about this without labels? Is that the real problem, labels?

u crank · 01-09-21, 02:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skidman

In fact lots and lots of people have been (temporarily) banned for relatively harmless tweets compared to the hate speech and lies twittered by Trump. He was given a fat celebrity bonus and he exhausted it to the limits.

Again you are missing the point. I actually could careless about Trump or what he has Tweeted. I'm not on Twitter or Facebook. I was not trying to make a case for him. If you don't see the danger in large tech companies and their political censorship of people with opinions they don't agree with then so be it. Your problem not mine. It's not like I'm the first person to ever bring this up.

The best example I can give you of Twitter's over reach is the suspension of The New York Post account over the article on Joe and Hunter Biden. Almost everything that was written in that article turned out to be true. Hunter Biden is now being investigated by the IRS and the laptop is in the possession of the FBI for possible money laundering charges in a case that started in 2018. The very obvious reason that Twitter did this was to protect candidate Biden. Yes Twitter is a private company entitled to their political opinion but to interfere in the function of the free press is a dangerous step. And one can only ask what is the next step?

bstanko6 · 01-09-21, 02:51 PM

So much dirt he has on everyone. All those career criminals he had to work with. Trumps book is gonna be interesting.

Buddahaid · 01-09-21, 02:54 PM

No argument from me there.

EDIT: I've long held that anyone who is in high office has done something criminal to get there, including Trump.

bstanko6 · 01-09-21, 02:56 PM

U Crank...

You don’t make sense. You were talking dirt on Trump on things he’s done during office. But all big tech and media work together against him...

Now you are saying big tech and media are messing with coverage of Biden and his son? They have been doing that to Trump the whole time! It’s why I get angry with you guys quoting news sources. They are lies!

My grandma had a great saying:
“Believe nothing what you hear, and half of what you see!”

Catfish · 01-09-21, 03:00 PM

Any private company can do what it wants, this was not a governmental act or decision, but Twitter. They have been much too lenient before. Trump signed the conditions of Twitter and did not follow them, that's it.

Thinking of Breitbart, Fox News, Alex Jones Infowars or all those UK Murdoch-owned media, do you think the latter would waste a second to silence any reporter criticising the alt right?
And make no mistake, this was sedition or instigation done by Trump. The thing that still makes me laugh is how he twittered and said in a public speech, that he would walk to the Capitol with his followers to demand taking back the "stolen election". But then he himself somehow.. abstained

Impeachment is nonsense now since it could only be done after Trump has left anyway, but..

https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/...8?chan=6g5ka85

01-09-21, 01:05 PM	#12586
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	You can spew hate speech on public property outside a Starbucks, but inside the store they have a right to throw you out. I'm not so blind I don't get your point but it's built on a misconception. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-09-21, 01:36 PM	#12590
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	I got mine, know the secret handshake, and a nifty decoder ring to boot. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-09-21, 01:41 PM	#12592
Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	President Tweetie Bird... Tawt he taw a democrat stealwing his ewection. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

01-09-21, 02:08 PM	#12595
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Fair enough but racism is also a central point to fascism and it certainly appears there is an effort to make Trump into that dictator as well. BLM? One can argue that is also racist so go figure, and then there was the great failed experiment in Seattle where there was minimal governmental interference. Funny, that is something conservatives express a desire for but railed against. How does one talk about this without labels? Is that the real problem, labels? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-09-21, 02:51 PM	#12597
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	So much dirt he has on everyone. All those career criminals he had to work with. Trumps book is gonna be interesting. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

01-09-21, 01:40 PM	#12591
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,563 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	Feelings Since Nov. 3 and especially after Wednesdays "event" in Washington We have used our feelings more than our standpoints and/or knowledge. This is understandable. Markus

01-09-21, 02:54 PM	#12598
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,332 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	No argument from me there. EDIT: I've long held that anyone who is in high office has done something criminal to get there, including Trump. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

01-09-21, 02:56 PM	#12599
bstanko6 Admiral Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Murwik Naval Academy Posts: 2,130 Downloads: 390 Uploads: 13	U Crank... You don’t make sense. You were talking dirt on Trump on things he’s done during office. But all big tech and media work together against him... Now you are saying big tech and media are messing with coverage of Biden and his son? They have been doing that to Trump the whole time! It’s why I get angry with you guys quoting news sources. They are lies! My grandma had a great saying: “Believe nothing what you hear, and half of what you see!” __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] BSTANKO6'S SH5 NAVAL ACADEMY http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPbe...W2NArCA/videos DISCORD https://discord.gg/6tFeTSUmVc

01-09-21, 03:00 PM	#12600
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,802 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Any private company can do what it wants, this was not a governmental act or decision, but Twitter. They have been much too lenient before. Trump signed the conditions of Twitter and did not follow them, that's it. Thinking of Breitbart, Fox News, Alex Jones Infowars or all those UK Murdoch-owned media, do you think the latter would waste a second to silence any reporter criticising the alt right? And make no mistake, this was sedition or instigation done by Trump. The thing that still makes me laugh is how he twittered and said in a public speech, that he would walk to the Capitol with his followers to demand taking back the "stolen election". But then he himself somehow.. abstained Impeachment is nonsense now since it could only be done after Trump has left anyway, but.. https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/...8?chan=6g5ka85 __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.