I didn’t miss it. I didn’t condone it then either. I wouldn’t condone threatening Biden either. Point is, why is that okay on social media?
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Apple Threatens to Ban Parler From App Store as Twitter Bans Donald Trump
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I didn’t miss it. I didn’t condone it then either. I wouldn’t condone threatening Biden either. Point is, why is that okay on social media?
Proof positive it isn't about inciting violence. AOC posted that "protests shouldn't be comfortable" - direct quote - two tweets. I reported them as inciting violence but both her tweets and her account still exist.
Countless more examples.
They simply don't want conservatives on their platform.
I don't plan to stay where I'm not wanted.
I think any American should be concerned. No matter what your view, you should be concerned. Can’t believe it’s happening in America.
Twitter is a de facto Town Hall or Main Street on the Internet, it should be a beacon of free speech. It's sad.
It's not OK on social media. Nor is it OK with the Secret Service.
The Paradox of Tolerance:
"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.—In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant."
Karl Popper
No. You said one side has people that are EXTREMELY intolerant, and one side is intolerant over a broader range of things, which I am honestly not sure I agree with, but it’s getting late, and I don’t have time to argue that.
Well I don’t recall anyone going after people threatening to kill Trump publicly. Maybe I missed that.
That's one way. But in a free society, that's no way to live with freedom. Even intolerant people have rights and free speech.
I don’t use social media, I think platforms like Twitter are a sewer demonstrating the idiocy of the average punter. I expect Parler is no different. Anyway, just downloaded it just in case it gets pulled just because.
What a load of intolerance.
Again, violence and racism re not protected speech. And AOC's "protests shouldn't be comfortable" does not suggest violence be committed.
The Secret Service investigates all threats of violence against the president and high ranking officials.
One side is intolerant against sexism, anti-semitism, fascism, LGBT discrimination, and racism.
The other side is intolerant for policies for racial, gender, sexual, and cultural equality.
Intolerance is perfectly fine to have in a society. But again, you're being willfully ignorant in believing that both sides are operating in good faith/morally/ethically.
It's called fascism, communism, authoritarianism.
How about if we ban all company products that are made in countries that prohibit freedom of expression, use forced labor, resembling slave labor camps, 14 hour work days for little pay, live in crowded unhealthy confined company designated areas, fire workers for grievances about their working conditions.
...or is that too much to ask for in a country that is supposed to represent freedom of expression, freedom to assemble, freedom to choose, freedom to choose what product you do or don't want to use, freedom to protest the government for grievances, freedom to disagree and voice that disagreement, independent thought and what is supposed to be democracy to the rest of the world?
There once was a man named Steve who built a company on the principle of being an individual who is free to choose and express himself despite pressures from monopolistic corporations to do otherwise. What has happened to that company? What has happened to that country?
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Boot lickers? Sounds like Trump supporters, who bow to their false God.
If they’re going to ban this app, I really hope it’s because people are using it to plan violent attacks and not just non-violent marches or something. Anyone actually browse this app and verify? If they are actually planning violent attacks, shouldn’t the FBI get involved and arrest at least the main organizers?
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It would be funny if I actually watched either one of them. Fox News is just as much fake news as CNN or any of the other ones. Breitbart? Never even heard of it. You see, I actually like to form my opinions for myself instead of having someone telling me how to think.
Probably, after all you did say "I will not read most media accounts of anything, and believe it to be so. Everything is manipulated, parts picked and chosen, etc."
Utah man charged with ricin mail threat against Trump, Mattis
A U.S. Navy veteran from Utah was charged on Friday with threatening President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary James Mattis, the FBI director and an admiral by mailing them letters containing castor beans, from which the deadly poison ricin is derived.
Tulsa man accused of threatening Trump family indicted for unlawful firearm possession
Jeffrey Gardner Boyd, 55, was indicted Tuesday for "unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition," according to a release from the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
China killed 70million+ of it's own citizens less than 70 years ago...
I am not a victim. I did better in Trump's economy than any other I've lived through. In another comment I plainly said I have no intention of staying where I'm not wanted. As soon as my data export is complete on Twitter my account will be overwritten and deleted.
AOC's comment was much more inciteful than anything I've seen on Trump's page, especially the few tweets that caused all this. He plainly told his supporters to go home and to not bother the police.
What you described sure sounded a lot like what was going on in Portland all summer. Especially their autonomous zone. Oh yeah I forgot they are anti fascists though. It’s even in their name.
Actually, we live in a constitutional republic, which you’d know if you ever cracked a book. And it’s losing the ”democracy” feeling every day, more and more. Eventually, a large swath of this country’s population just won’t take it anymore.
You simply search out a platform that support your already formed political views. So spare me the "oh, I only use unbiased sources". All news has a bias. But if 20 news orgs report something, and two report the opposite, its a good bet the 20 are right.
I guess you shouldn’t drive illegally. Once you’ve broken the law we lock you away indefinitely?
Or maybe the punishment should to fit the crime?
Right. You mean after he had already incited a violent mob?
‘Be There. Will Be Wild!’: Trump All but Circled the Date (Published 2021)
Inside Trump supporters’ online echo chambers, the chaos of Jan. 6 could be seen coming. People posted their plans to come to Washington — and showed the weapons they would carry.
And besides spending the last three months claiming that the elections were fraudulent and encouraging his supports to play election watchers because Democrats were "rigging the election"?
"The (MAGA) movement that has formed around the lie that the election was fraudulent imposes on itself no binding obligation of any kind to recognize the reality of what actually happened. We need to understand this as a foundational principle: This movement does not view itself as bound by an election’s legitimate outcome.
That’s why this debate, I think, often has an air of people talking past one another. When Democrats, principled Republicans and journalists point out the facts about the election’s legitimacy, it ricochets off the bubble this movement has constructed around itself.
The lies this movement tells about the election aren’t meant as real arguments. They are that bubble, the outer rhetorical fortress inside which the movement’s genuine convictions sit protected and undisturbed.
Those convictions are as follows: The election should be overturned because Trump and his coalition are supposed to have won and supposed to remain in power, because their voters are entitled to legitimate political representation and the opposition’s are not."
Greg Sargent
That’s why this debate, I think, often has an air of people talking past one another. When Democrats, principled Republicans and journalists point out the facts about the election’s legitimacy, it ricochets off the bubble this movement has constructed around itself.
The lies this movement tells about the election aren’t meant as real arguments. They are that bubble, the outer rhetorical fortress inside which the movement’s genuine convictions sit protected and undisturbed.
Those convictions are as follows: The election should be overturned because Trump and his coalition are supposed to have won and supposed to remain in power, because their voters are entitled to legitimate political representation and the opposition’s are not."
Greg Sargent
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