GOP introducing bills to suppress speech they disagree with...

[ProgressPlease]

The New War on Woke

State and national governments try to suppress critical race theory, social justice, and related concepts

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"Instead of banishing speech they don’t like, they should try arguing with it. Instead of punishing faculty, they should try persuading them. And instead of telling students what to think, they should encourage them to think for themselves.
Or does that advice only apply to the Left?"


bill now under debate in New Hampshire
Similar bills are being debated in West Virginia and Oklahoma
In Arkansas, debate has begun on a bill
Two bills in North Dakota : roll back faculty free speech
Missouri, Arkansas, South Dakota, and Mississippi have introduced bills
South Dakota’s proposal

 

[Roadvirus]

CRT is all about pushing White Guilt. No value whatsoever.

 

[ProgressPlease]

CRT is all about pushing White Guilt. No value whatsoever.

Do you agree with suppressing speech you see no value in?

 

[Lisa]

The New War on Woke

State and national governments try to suppress critical race theory, social justice, and related concepts

arcdigital.media

"Instead of banishing speech they don’t like, they should try arguing with it. Instead of punishing faculty, they should try persuading them. And instead of telling students what to think, they should encourage them to think for themselves.
Or does that advice only apply to the Left?"


bill now under debate in New Hampshire
Similar bills are being debated in West Virginia and Oklahoma
In Arkansas, debate has begun on a bill
Two bills in North Dakota : roll back faculty free speech
Missouri, Arkansas, South Dakota, and Mississippi have introduced bills
South Dakota’s proposal

This will never survive judicial review. Their bigotry and racism aren't sufficient to muzzle the equal free speech of others.

 

[j brown's body]

CRT is all about pushing White Guilt. No value whatsoever.

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So then argue it on its merits or lack of them. That's why we have a first amendment.

 

[Mycroft]

The New War on Woke

State and national governments try to suppress critical race theory, social justice, and related concepts

arcdigital.media

"Instead of banishing speech they don’t like, they should try arguing with it. Instead of punishing faculty, they should try persuading them. And instead of telling students what to think, they should encourage them to think for themselves.
Or does that advice only apply to the Left?"


bill now under debate in New Hampshire
Similar bills are being debated in West Virginia and Oklahoma
In Arkansas, debate has begun on a bill
Two bills in North Dakota : roll back faculty free speech
Missouri, Arkansas, South Dakota, and Mississippi have introduced bills
South Dakota’s proposal

Sounds to me like those legislatures are just trying to protect those “skulls full of mush” .

 

[lemmiwinx]

Meh.

The only people I see banning speech are places like Facebook (Zuckerberg) and Amazon (Bezos) deplatforming conservatives.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Sounds to me like those legislatures are just trying to protect those “skulls full of mush” .

Those legislators involved want to prevent exposure to young minds, any ideas they disagree with.

 

[RaleBulgarian]

Meh.

The only people I see banning speech are places like Facebook (Zuckerberg) and Amazon (Bezos) deplatforming conservatives.

 

[Lisa]

Meh.

The only people I see (enforcing their TOS) are places like Facebook (Zuckerberg) and Amazon (Bezos) deplatforming (Nazis).

I fixed your typos.

 

[lemmiwinx]

I fixed your typos.

TOS = toss conservatives off your platform. Facebook does it, Youtube does it, Twitter does it, Amazon does it. They all do it.

 

[ProgressPlease]

Meh.

The only people I see banning speech are places like Facebook (Zuckerberg) and Amazon (Bezos) deplatforming conservatives.

Are you saying you do support the government silencing dissenting views?

 

[ProgressPlease]

TOS = toss conservatives off your platform. Facebook does it, Youtube does it, Twitter does it, Amazon does it. They all do it.

Are you a free speech absolutist?
Are you in agreement with the GOP bills I linked to in the original post?
Do you think certain speech is ok? Who decides? Do you see any hypocrisy on either political side when it comes to free speech?

 

[lemmiwinx]

Are you saying you do support the government silencing dissenting views?

I'm saying the only people I see banning speech are corporations like Facebook and Twitter. You could throw YouTube in there as well.

 

[Nickyjo]

Bigger problem than suppressing speech they don't agree with is the GOP suppressing voters they don't agree with.

 

[Hamish Howl]

CRT is all about pushing White Guilt. No value whatsoever.

Yeah, I feel the same way about religious issues. Leave it out of schools entirely.

 

[Hamish Howl]

I'm saying the only people I see banning speech are corporations like Facebook and Twitter. You could throw YouTube in there as well.

Then you didn't look at the links.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Meh.

The only people I see banning speech are places like Facebook (Zuckerberg) and Amazon (Bezos) deplatforming conservatives.

That's because you can't allow yourself to look at anything else.

 

[lemmiwinx]

Are you a free speech absolutist?
Are you in agreement with the GOP bills I linked to in the original post?
Do you think certain speech is ok? Who decides? Do you see any hypocrisy on either political side when it comes to free speech?

FYes I'm a free speech absoslutist.

That's because you can't allow yourself to look at anything else.

Has anyone tried to ban your liberal spokespersons? Can you name one? Conservatives are being banned on Facebook and Twitter on an hourly basis.

 

[Hamish Howl]

Has anyone tried to ban your liberal spokespersons? Can you name one? Conservatives are being banned on Facebook and Twitter on an hourly basis.

So what you're saying is you hate the free market and want the government to dictate to private companies.

 

[Nickyjo]

FYes I'm a free speech absoslutist.

Has anyone tried to ban your liberal spokespersons? Can you name one? Conservatives are being banned on Facebook and Twitter on an hourly basis.

Which conservatives and what are the reasons given? And remember, Amendment One only applies to the govt.

 

[lemmiwinx]

Which conservatives and what are the reasons given?

The reason usually given is they're too conservative. Did you know Amazon totally deplatformed a competitor to Twitter called Parler? Reason given was they were too conservative so they had to go.

 

[Hamish Howl]

The reason usually given is they're too conservative. Did you know Amazon totally deplatformed a competitor to Twitter called Parler? Reason given was they were too conservative so they had to go.

Actually, because it was full of maniacal death threats, and Parler's refusal to deal with them violated the TOS of Amazon, Apple, etc.

So let me ask you: Is your definition of "conservative" defined as "death threats and open treason"?

 

[lemmiwinx]

Actually, because it was full of maniacal death threats, and Parler's refusal to deal with them violated the TOS of Amazon, Apple, etc.

So let me ask you: Is your definition of "conservative" defined as "death threats and open treason"?

If Facebook were true to it's TOS it would have to deplatform itself. There were more Jan 6 capital invasion posts on Facebook than there were on Parler. But Parler was the one that got deplatformed.

 

[Hamish Howl]

If Facebook were true to it's TOS it would have to deplatform itself. There were more Jan 6 capital invasion posts on Facebook than there were on Parler. But Parler was the one that got deplatformed.

Facebook bans people all the time. I have spent 8 of the last 24 months in timeout, just for laughing too loud.

Parler not only made no effort, they vocally refused to do so.

So they got booted. Life is sometimes unfair.