And the airplane that hit the side of pentagon, magicaly disintegrated in to thin air.
Not all conspiracy theories are dumb.
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And the airplane that hit the side of pentagon, magicaly disintegrated in to thin air.
Not all conspiracy theories are dumb.
For Pete's sake, when are we going to reinstitute civics lessons. This has nothing to do with "free speech." The Bill of Rights only protects you against the government interference with your right to speak. If a government agency banned Jones, then you'd be correct in using that term. This same mistake is made over and over because we have moved away from educating people about their Constitutional rights. The NFL bans all types of speech and expression by players and owners, such as not letting them wear certain things on their uniforms, etc. The NFL can ban the players from demonstrating at games. The government can't, but a private company or person can.
Do you think thats what we are talking about here? Really? Alex Jones is a nut-job that terrorizes victims of school shootings and prompts crazy conspiracy theories that say, among other things, that a certain female politician who won the popular vote for president by 3 million votes, was running a child sex ring out of a basement (that doesn't exist) in a pizza restaurant. He's crazy. He should be committed not allowed to spread his crazy to gullible idiots.
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Sure go ahead and try to muddy the definition of hate speech. It won't work though. We all know what you are doing.
And there’s much worse on Twitter, Youtube, Facebook, yet Apple still host those apps.
So my point still stands.
Your response to me saying there is hate speech directed at Trump supporters:
Not so nice when the shoe is on the other foot, eh? My point this whole time is that hate speech is so open to interpretation it really doesn’t have a clear definition.
So be careful what you wish for because you might just get it.
That's a bit exaggerated, but the point is right. If you 100% want to go against edgy people like him, silencing publicly is the worst option. Especially with conspiracy theorists. Maybe they kinda have to ban him for harassment and/or slander since that's illegal, but media sites like YouTube should make that very clear and start by just taking down the relevant content.
You have no point. Alex Jones app was there to promote Alex jones's hate speech. Twitter, youtube, facebook, are all there as social media sites and are responsible for their own policing. There is a clear difference. Either way, Apple doesn't have to host him at all, and won't, because, and this bears repeating, he is a NUT-JOB.
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Wow you really are trying to broaden the definition of hate speech so wide to make it meaningless. Not going to happen. None of that is hate speech. Get it together.
I do have a point but you can’t seem to grasp it for some reason.
My point is the rules are applied unevenly.
Twitter, Youtube, Tinder, Reddit, Facebook all break the same rules as AJ app, yet they remain on the store.
Comprende? It’s not difficult but you seem to be struggling. Try reading it slowly.
Exactly. Exactly what the left has done with rape, sexual assault, Nazis, and racism to name a few.
Not so nice when the shoe is on the other foot, eh?
You make absolutely no sense what so ever. We are talking about high standard of living, good education, long life expectancy etc. That has nothing to do with homogeneous population. Even more so, you just pointed out the Norway and Sweden, countries with one of the highest standard of living in the whole world. You think it’s not working out well for them? Pay a visit, it’s working way better than you can even imagine. BTW. Norwegians hate Trump and his ideology more than any other European nation... https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/t...est-democracy-we-asked-its-people-why-n720151
Hating on Trump or on anyone, doesn’t make them any better then Trump.
So much for being the best country in the planet. Perhaps they should enjoy what they have built and turn the other cheek.
Sorry but when asked for sourcing, telling someone else to search for your sourcing doesn't fly.
https://macrumors.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201327723
And sorry if you're still banking on as your single sourcing the selective cut & paste of Jeong's tweets, that isn't enough. It is telling though that your only example of hate speech is certain Jeong tweets of what you selectively consider hate speech though. The same as your examples at the end, you didn't include white supremacy, misogynistic comments, homophobia, sexual harassment or more.
Very telling...
While I do appreciate the civics lesson, I can only work with & address the examples provided & introduced into the conversation. So if you could share with the rest of the class, I'd really appreciate it.
Case in point for my friend Jsameds who I've tried to tell this numerous times...
While my friend likes to phrase it as political speech, he seems to think company's are obligated to allow Jones to say as he wished on their private platform. If you think it's unfair or not, big deal. It's their platform to do so. They gave Jones the added courtesy of warning him several times he was crossing the line.
The other sad fact that @Jsameds may want to console himself with, the CEO of Twitter actively sought to protect Jones, and Jones' blithering self still messed that up.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...ey-alex-jones-ban_us_5b8dcc15e4b0511db3db4062
So to say it again, or actually have someone else say it...
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So @Jsameds get back to me when you can provide that Jeong or someone like her inspired some nut to go shoot up a pizza place. Or repeatedly trolled victims of a mass shooting.
Jones won't be missed.
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I’m all for free speech. But there has to be a limit. I’m for banning all right and left wing nuts from tv, radio, internet etc.
What a cop out. You obviously don’t feel that strongly then!
You are all words and no action. Typical ‘brave’ keyboard warrior!
Thank you for revealing yourself.
You are all words and no action. Typical ‘brave’ keyboard warrior!
Thank you for revealing yourself.
So you are being willingfully ignorant. I’ve already posted content here and have told you where to find more if you like.
Are you seriously implying there is no offensive content or hate speech on Social media?
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I do feel strongly about it, but not strongly enough to inconvenience my entire life.
No. They don’t. Fox News sometimes has the highest ratings because it’s the ONLY mainstream conservative news on TV. CNN has to compete with NBC, ABC, MSNBC, and CBS news for viewers but all of those networks hold essentially the same political views. Conservatives most certainly do not have as much of a presence in the media as anyone. They have a presence sure but you’re lying if you say they have as many tv networks and “news” outlets. They simply don’t. There are likely a lot of reasons for this including the obvious which is that the aidiece for cable news is larger on the liberal side of the political spectrum so there are more networks but I also think most of those companies are owned by liberal leaning people and they want their views to be the mainstream.
So all the tech companies that make billions are secretly one big vast commie conspiracy to move us to bread lines and murder people who don’t want to stand in bread lines.
I wish Alex Jones was still around to expose all of it.
So if you don’t fall under a “protected class” then its okay for people to harass you verbally? That’s basically what you’re saying here.
No.So you are being willingfully ignorant and are seriously saying there is no offensive content or hate speech on Social media.
lol ok
But not so nice try with the deflection, avoiding the issue, and avoiding providing sourcing for previously repeated over & over claims.
You find that tweet by Jeong that led to a shooting anywhere?
If you want to play who gets the last word, please let that be it.
Otherwise carry on without me, the same way Twitter will without Jones.