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Apple Permanently Bans 'Infowars' App From the App Store

Jsameds said:
Jones also said his opinion is satire, so yeah. There goes that one.

Also you are missing the point. People replaced ‘white’ with ‘black’ and ‘jew’ and were insta banned. Those posts were also satirical.

And how about all the hate speech that is currently on all of those App Store hosted Apps? On Twitter? On Facebook? On YouTube?

The fact that there is open and consistent “hate speech” on those platforms is evidence that the rules are not applied evenly.
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No, I am NOT missing the point. You're refusing to recognize the core principle. Satire or NOT Jones repeatedly broke the rules of those social media platforms. No other individual you bring up has been so repeatedly warned, and flagrantly ignored those warnings as Jones has.

If all of those platforms do NOT categorize what you think is hate speech, that's YOUR problem. Twitter seem to believe that Jeong's tweets did fall under the realm of satire. Just because you don't think so, it doesn't make it fact that it isn't. There are others who espouse the same crap as Jones, but they know how to reign it in as Twitter and other platforms asks. I see you aren't trotting them out, but that's because that you have no issue with those individuals. If you don't like it, do as many on the right have told others in other instances, go start your own platform and enforce YOUR rules.

It will be YOUR private company to do such things. If a person like me doesn't care for how you do things, I can go kick rocks elsewhere, it's YOUR company, YOUR platform.

So unless you've decided to change the rules of free enterprise & pro business ( which be careful, because it would mean you decide to endorse & support the rights of athletes to kneel ), you can't have it both ways. Either you believe companies are allowed to do as they wish to meet their business demands, or you believe you can suddenly impose rules on them because they are so big they can do things you don't care for.

Take your pick.

You can't say your all for big business and small government, if you want small government to get involved with big business because you don't think they are doing things you feel are fair.
 
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GermanSuplex said:
Communism isn't a left or right ideology, that just is not true. Tell me, exactly how liberal are most communist nations today?
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Socialism and communisim are left ideologies. Unless the left goes on redefining the political spectrum as well. I guess they’ll have to redefine everything so they can be at peace.
 
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JayMysterio said:
No, I am NOT missing the point. You're refusing to recognize the core principle. Satire or NOT Jones repeatedly broke the rules of those social media platforms. No other individual you bring up has been so repeatedly warned, and flagrantly ignored those warnings as Jones has.

If all of those platforms do NOT categorize what you think is hate speech, that's YOUR problem. Twitter seem to believe that Jeong's tweets did fall under the realm of satire. Just because you don't think so, it doesn't make it fact that it isn't. There are others who espouse the same crap as Jones, but they know how to reign it in as Twitter and other platforms asks. I see you aren't trotting them out, but that's because that you have no issue with those individuals. If you don't like it, do as many on the right have told others in other instances, go start your own platform and enforce YOUR rules.

It will be YOUR private company to do such things. If a person like me doesn't care for how you do things, I can go kick rocks elsewhere, it's YOUR company, YOUR platform.

So unless you've decided to change the rules of free enterprise & pro business ( which be careful, because it would mean you decide to endorse & support the rights of athletes to kneel ), you can't have it both ways. Either you believe companies are allowed to do as they wish to meet their business demands, or you believe you can suddenly impose rules on them because they are so big they can do things you don't care for.

Take your pick.

You can't say your all for big business and small government, if you want small government to get involved with big business because you don't think they are doing things you feel are fair.
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Yet others that break the same rules remain.

The rules are unevenly applied.

I don’t know how many times I have to repeat myself.

If you’re going to enforce a rule, enforce it for all, not just some. Not hard to understand.
 
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Jsameds said:
Yet others that break the same rules remain.

The rules are unevenly applied.

I don’t know how many times I have to repeat myself.
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About as many times as I have to repeat that it's YOUR opinion that the rules are unevenly applied.

Just because you say so, it does NOT make it so.

You can cut & paste & selectively use as many snippets out of context as you want. Your say doesn't mean squat on THEIR platform.

For the purposes of it's THEIR platform, if Twitter and such say it is evenly applied, it DOES make it so.

Want to change that, go make ONMEDS the social platform, and then you can factually say what rules are applied evenly or unevenly on YOUR platform.

Then I can rail on & on about how you don't treat those on the left or liberal voices fairly, and you can say 'So what?'

Until then...
 
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Treq said:
Fox news is extremely conservative. Msnbc is left leaning. Most networks aren't left leaning. That's just right wing propaganda.
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Some Fox News opinion shows like Hannity are extremely conservative. The news portions are news. Listen to Shepard Smith at 3pm and tell me how ultra conservative he is, or Juan Williams from the Five.

Curious how you come to the conclusion that MSNBC is just leaning a little bit left with Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, etc. I assume your under the illusion that the rest of the major national news media is unbiased? Just take a visit to YouTube and look at the reporting the night of the election and tell me if the news media “leans”.
[doublepost=1536439754][/doublepost]Curious when we should expect Louis Farrakhan blogs, apps, and podcasts to be removed from all social media platforms?
 
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Treq said:
Yeah, but i'm not a nut-job. Alex Jones clearly is. Also, if i had said half the crazy stuff he did, I expect apple or mac rumors would ban me as well.
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Who’s to say you are not a nut job or I’m not a nut job?
Look around, the world is filled with nut jobs. Just look at the White House today and our 2 previous presidents.
 
JayMysterio said:
About as many times as I have to repeat that it's YOUR opinion that the rules are unevenly applied.

Just because you say so, it does NOT make it so.

You can cut & paste & selectively use as many snippets out of context as you want. Your say doesn't mean squat on THEIR platform.

For the purposes of it's THEIR platform, if Twitter and such say it is evenly applied, it DOES make it so.

Want to change that, go make ONMEDS the social platform, and then you can factually say what rules are applied evenly or unevenly on YOUR platform.

Then I can rail on & on about how you don't treat those on the left or liberal voices fairly, and you can say 'So what?'

Until then...
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No it’s not opinion, it’s a demonstrable fact.

There is “hate speech” and threats of violence on all the aformentioned platforms that aren’t removed.

Apple host Twitter app. Twitter hosts hate speech. App remains.

Apple host Facebook app. Facebook hosts hate speech. App remains.

Apple host podcasts. Podcasts that contain hate speech. Podcasts remain.

Apple host YouTube app. YouTube videos and comments contain hate speech. App remains.

Apple host AJ app. AJ app contains hate speech. App is banned.

Apple host AJ podcasts. AJ podcasts contain hate speech. Podcasts are pulled.

Fact. Not opinion.
 
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Soon trump gonna make a law to stop Facebook google and Apple from doing this watch
 
Jsameds said:
No it’s not opinion, it’s a demonstrable fact.

There is “hate speech” and threats of violence on all the aformentioned platforms that aren’t removed.

Apple host Twitter app. Twitter hosts hate speech.

Apple host Facebook app. Facebook hosts hate speech.

Apple host podcasts. Podcasts that contain hate speech.

Fact. Not opinion.
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SMH.

How many of those break the platform's rules?

How many remain after breaking said platform's rules?

Would it really make you feel better if a blanket ban of ALL hate speech was enacted? Instead of the nuanced dogwhistling & baiting that goes on?

Then you'd be whining that NO platform allows any speech. Which is the right of a private company if they decide that any such speech was detrimental to their bottom line.

You have to be careful what you wish for. Because if you've ever whined about Farrakhan, BLM, Palestinians, FARK, ANTIFA, or whatever having a platform, you've contradicted yourself. David Dukes has survived all this time in some form of notoreity by knowing how far to push things. Jones is an exhibitionist & performer, he pushed to far. Sasha Baron Cohen is a performer who pushes & pushes but manages to not completely go over the line. Jones is someone who felt he needed to go over the line, thinking there'd be no repercussions. As I said, free speech, doesn't free you from the repercussions of that speech.
 
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Treq said:
Fox news is extremely conservative. Msnbc is left leaning. Most networks aren't left leaning. That's just right wing propaganda.
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Fox, MSNBC, NPR, and CNN are the big ones with agendas, and they're about equally bad. It's clear if you look at multiple sources for coverage of the same story. They all argue one side only. Fox is Republican, MSNBC and NPR are Democrat, and CNN is just anti-Trump. A lot of the others seem to be anti-Trump too, as if responding to Trump's attacks on the media: a few are Washington Post, NY Times, Politico, and FactCheck.org (lol ironic). I'm also anti-Trump, but I like things to be fair and read multiple sources. It would be very unfortunate for someone to take CNN's word for everything.

Actually I give bonus negative points to MSNBC for disguising their stuff as comedy. These talk show hosts are more boring than ever, and they seem more angry than funny.

BuzzFeed is apparently trying to be a news source now, and it's in its own class, fake news. Worst case was when they published false evidence about Trump colluding with Russia. Which is why I'm annoyed that Apple reported to them. Huffington Post is also garbage but not quite this bad, just all their stuff is super misleading.
 
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JayMysterio said:
SMH.

How many of those break the platform's rules?

How many remain after breaking said platform's rules?

Would it really make you feel better if a blanket ban of ALL hate speech was enacted? Instead of the nuanced dogwhistling & baiting that goes on?

Then you'd be whining that NO platform allows any speech. Which is the right of a private company if they decide that any such speech was detrimental to their bottom line.

You have to be careful what you wish for. Because if you've ever whined about Farrakhan, BLM, Palestinians, FARK, ANTIFA, or whatever having a platform, you've contradicted yourself. David Dukes has survived all this time in some form of notoreity by knowing how far to push things. Jones is an exhibitionist & performer, he pushed to far. Sasha Baron Cohen is a performer who pushes & pushes but manages to not completely go over the line. Jones is someone who felt he needed to go over the line, thinking there'd be no repercussions. As I said, free speech, doesn't free you from the repercussions of that speech.
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All of them break the same rules that AJ app was banned, yet they remain.

Twitter hosts hate speech, but only bans some accounts.

YouTube hosts hate speech videos, but only bans certain channels.

Youtube comments host hate speech, but doesn’t moderate them.


These are facts. The rules are unevenly applied.

I’m not going to repeat this again, I’ve explained it many times and demonstrated that it is fact.

You’ll just have to play ignorant if you can’t accept it.
 
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DougFNJ said:
Some Fox News opinion shows like Hannity are extremely conservative. The news portions are news. Listen to Shepard Smith at 3pm and tell me how ultra conservative he is, or Juan Williams from the Five.

Curious how you come to the conclusion that MSNBC is just leaning a little bit left with Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, etc. I assume your under the illusion that the rest of the major national news media is unbiased? Just take a visit to YouTube and look at the reporting the night of the election and tell me if the news media “leans”.
[doublepost=1536439754][/doublepost]Curious when we should expect Louis Farrakhan blogs, apps, and podcasts to be removed from all social media platforms?
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Fox News is a righ wing propaganda network. Seriously, it isn’t eve really News. Roger Ailes even admitted that it was founded for that purpose.
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KGB7 said:
Who’s to say you are not a nut job or I’m not a nut job?
Look around, the world is filled with nut jobs. Just look at the White House today and our 2 previous presidents.
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Obama was probably one of the smartest most stable people to ever hold the office. And yes Trump is a nut-job sociopath.
 
Jsameds said:
All of them break the same rules that AJ app was banned, yet they remain.

Twitter hosts hate speech, but only bans some accounts.

YouTube hosts hate speech videos, but only bans certain channels.

Youtube comments host hate speech, but doesn’t moderate them.


These are facts. The rules are unevenly applied.

I’m not going to repeat this again, I’ve explained it many times and demonstrated that it is fact.

You’ll just have to play ignorant if you can’t accept it.
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You haven't shown any such things occurring, instead you're just saying it.

You haven't demonstrated any facts, except a belief that repetition makes something real.

That isn't proof otherwise. It's still just your opinion.

Your opinion doesn't make it so.

It is a documented fact that Jones, like Milo, repeatedly broke company rules, and paid the price.

Unless I've missed you documentation in all the repetition, I haven't seen any facts from you.
 
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JayMysterio said:
You haven't shown any such things occurring, instead you're just saying it.

You haven't demonstrated any facts, except a belief that repetition makes something real.

That isn't proof otherwise. It's still just your opinion.

Your opinion doesn't make it so.

It is a documented fact that Jones, like Milo, repeatedly broke company rules, and paid the price.

Unless I've missed you documentation in all the repetition, I haven't seen any facts from you.
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I have showed it, multiple times in previous comments. Quotes and screenshots.

Search for **** trump supporters.

Search for porn.

Search for violence incitement.

Search for racist content

Search for any “offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste" materia on any of the the social media’s or Youtube and you will find it. It’s there whether you deny that it is or not.

Yet Apple still hosts those Apps.

Ergo, the rules are unevenly applied.

How difficult is that to comprehend?
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Treq said:
That is just the truth and not hate speech. He has been diagnosed as a sociopath.
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So when someone states the truth about Islamic terrorism, or the truth about Sharia Law, or the truth about pedophilia in the church - is that hate speech or not?
 
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