That you or your president don't understand what censorship is doesn't surprise me in the least.
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That you or your president don't understand what censorship is doesn't surprise me in the least.
Absolutely silly. Criticizing Apple’s censorship actions is not a defense of the content of Alex Jones’s speech. Details matter, try to keep up.
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More obtuseness. Grab a dictionary and look it up. This isn’t difficult.
They're not being censored even a little. Can you name some prominent conservatives that have been censored over their beliefs?
Good deflection. You made the claim. You should be able to provide a source per forum rules.
There has been tons of evidence that a massive right wing misinformation campaign influenced the 2016 election. Purges of Twitter bots spreading disinformation disproportionately affected conservatives. The president and his supporters have conducted misinformation campaigns to de-legitimize independent investigations by the news media and the special counsel.
And most importantly, Republicans have allowed misinformation to become a significant part of their platform in the form of climate change denial.
I mean I can't really address all your points since there's so many, and I don't think you would care to explain them all further if I asked you to, but the one I'm most interested in is that you think political correctness is just by its very existence a bad thing. Why is that?
It is when the only reason you find it to be censorship is because it's related to Alex Jones.
Just as you are making claims with no sources.
This is silly. The left plays the same ugly games. Litigating that here will be a waste of time because nobody is going to change their minds.
Congratulations, you found a video that doesn't say anywhere at all that "no kids died". I believe that kids died, however, there are many questionable events that supposedly happened. This is only being attempted as a precedent. If they can censor a "crazy person" regardless of his opinions and views, then they can and will sensor the everyday-American next.
No, I find it to be censorship because that’s what it is.
Another deflection. I'd be happy to provide a source if you ask for one.
Another example of false equivalence.
I didn’t read the whole thread, so I’m sorry if this has been covered already:
What’s stopping the Alex Jones worshippers from creating a trillion dollar company of their own, running a wildly successful content distribution service to carry his ********? Except for their conservative resistance against innovation I mean?
What’s stopping the Alex Jones worshippers from creating a trillion dollar company of their own, running a wildly successful content distribution service to carry his ********? Except for their conservative resistance against innovation I mean?
As I said previously, I totally understand why this is so frustrating for you.
See, when I read that term “Social justice warrior” all I think Is this person is deep in the right wing propaganda. What’s wrong with fighting for social justice?
A tit-for-tat on this will not move the needle. This is already off topic.
Wrong. It’s not false just because you say so.
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It is clear that you understand very little.
CNN also led the campaign to purge Infowars from tech platforms. It was a coordinated politically motivated attack and they have been at this for months.
They just successfully censored and banned one of their major competitors. Infowars had over 2 million subscribers on YouTube alone. CNN only gained traction on YouTube after YouTube changed their algorithms to favor MSM sites.
From twitter:
"The same leftists who spent the last 2 weeks defending Sarah Jeong & James Gunn for their offensive online speech are now celebrating Infowars being banned for offensive speech. "It's OK when we do it.""
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Depends on what you are defining “social justice” as and how you are conducting your “fight.”
Book burning, memory holing, whatever you want to call it.
And I’m not an Alex Jones guy. I just find it astounding Apole would allow this content of years and years (and even on its “internet radio” in iTunes) and then memory hole it under pressure.
If you’re cheering for this but still can’t understand why even a neutral observer would find this troubling, you are absolutely a modern day book burner. Just own it
I’m just wondering why they don’t send Alex Jones out for rehab and re-education? Why ban him?
Nothing and stop being so sensitive. He has been siding with your arguments the whole time and you accuse him of being deep in to right wing propaganda. Pray tell us how there is no left wing propaganda stirring the pot... I can't conceive of people actually under the delusion that the left is not also complicit for being responsible for the state America is in. May as well be of the flat-earther mindset with your head in the sand.
"I am going to ban black people from my hospital. What's stopping them from opening their own?"
Solid logic.
That was probably more curt than it should have been, on my part. Perhaps another day in another thread.
What good has political correctness brought us? We live in a world where everyone lives in fear of offending everyone. PC is as destructive as affirmative action, which I witness in the application process to medical school. It's wrong.