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The Dumbest Supreme Court Judge Strikes Again: Clarence Thomas Goes Full Derp On The First Amendment

Aunt Antifa

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Conservatives will not stop being pissed that private companies aren’t going to be used for their dumb Russian disinfo campaigns, so the right’s SC lapdoggy is barking up bullshit legal shields to try to goose-step things along.

We need SC term limits, and we need to change that court. Hoo boy.
 
I actually agree with this. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube should be treated as a public facility

if you allow them to censor Alex Jones then Kshama Sawant will be next. They will always use censorship against the left, because the left are the only ones who pose a threat to capital and monied interests.

But, Facebook, Twitter are private companies and can ban whoever they want. They could change their TOS to people writing in all caps will be banned and no one could do jack shit. But, I don’t think they should be allowed to do that. I think they should abide by certain regulations that protect free speech
 
Aunt Antifa said:


Conservatives will not stop being pissed that private companies aren’t going to be used for their dumb Russian disinfo campaigns, so the right’s SC lapdoggy is barking up bullshit legal shields to try to goose-step things along.

We need SC term limits, and we need to change that court. Hoo boy.
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Well, if a baker can be compelled to bake a cake for a homosexual wedding then it stands to reason that a social media platform can be compelled to allow content it disagrees with.
 
Lutherf said:
Well, if a baker can be compelled to bake a cake for a homosexual wedding then it stands to reason that a social media platform can be compelled to allow content it disagrees with.
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Very well put.
 
Lutherf said:
Thanks but it wasn't me. That's basically what Thomas said.
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OK. No matter.
It might put it in terms that at least some of the left might have a chance to understand, although I admit to being overly optimistic at time.
 
Lutherf said:
Well, if a baker can be compelled to bake a cake for a homosexual wedding then it stands to reason that a social media platform can be compelled to allow content it disagrees with.
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Except domestic terrorists and their wingnut friends do not fall into a protected class.
 
Aunt Antifa said:


Conservatives will not stop being pissed that private companies aren’t going to be used for their dumb Russian disinfo campaigns, so the right’s SC lapdoggy is barking up bullshit legal shields to try to goose-step things along.

We need SC term limits, and we need to change that court. Hoo boy.
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You're really upset by a black man who thinks for himself, aren't you?
 
Lutherf said:
Well, if a baker can be compelled to bake a cake for a homosexual wedding then it stands to reason that a social media platform can be compelled to allow content it disagrees with.
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How much are you paying to use Twitter or Facebook?

There are also limits to free speech, but that only applies to the government. You have no free speech rights on private property that you do not own.
 
Cameron said:
Except domestic terrorists and their wingnut friends do not fall into a protected class.
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Well, I suppose that deplatforming someone that has been adjudicated as a "domestic terrorist" might well be valid. Are you suggesting that everyone Twitter deplatformed has been so adjudicated?

As far as "wingnuts" go, if you deplatform every idiot on Twitter it would become a very quiet, very lonely place.
 
Aunt Antifa said:


Conservatives will not stop being pissed that private companies aren’t going to be used for their dumb Russian disinfo campaigns, so the right’s SC lapdoggy is barking up bullshit legal shields to try to goose-step things along.

We need SC term limits, and we need to change that court. Hoo boy.
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Seems like a racist rant to me.
 
eohrnberger said:
Why would anyone be heartbroken that a cesspool such as what Twitter is should become 'a very quiet, very lonely place'?
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Apparently, you flunked statistics.

21.Feb.2021
1. Twitter has an advertising audience of 353 million

That number is up 8% since Q3 2020, an increase of 27 million users.


This number is an extrapolation by Hootsuite and We Are Social based on Twitter’s self-serve advertising tools.


The number Twitter itself publishes to describe its audience is “monetizable daily active users” (or mDAUs). That number is 187 million as of Twitter’s Q3 2020 quarterly report, a 29% increase year-over-year.
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Winston said:
I actually agree with this. Facebook, Twitter, YouTube should be treated as a public facility

if you allow them to censor Alex Jones then Kshama Sawant will be next. They will always use censorship against the left, because the left are the only ones who pose a threat to capital and monied interests.

But, Facebook, Twitter are private companies and can ban whoever they want. They could change their TOS to people writing in all caps will be banned and no one could do jack shit. But, I don’t think they should be allowed to do that. I think they should abide by certain regulations that protect free speech
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why them?
does that apply to DP?
Does that apply to mine or yours website if you have one?
Does that apply to the local open school district's website?

I can't think of any reason to support forcing them to allow anybody to post the government wants but maybe I'm missing something
 
Lutherf said:
Well, if a baker can be compelled to bake a cake for a homosexual wedding then it stands to reason that a social media platform can be compelled to allow content it disagrees with.
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apples and oranges and a baker can NOT be compelled to back a cake
 
whats the difference between facebook, twitter and my own web page if i had one? or a local town page? or the local school district's page?

Its my page why should the government be able to force me to allow people to post on it?

I dont support forcing twitter, facebook etc to do that, they are free to ban all people named agent J tomorrow if they like

I might not LIKE that but thats their right and freedom

something VERY major and different would have to happen to ever justify that force . . .
 
AGENT J said:
why them?
does that apply to DP?
Does that apply to mine or yours website if you have one?
Does that apply to the local open school district's website?

I can't think of any reason to support forcing them to allow anybody to post the government wants but maybe I'm missing something
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DP isn’t big enough to matter. I think it should apply to the big tech companies
 
Winston said:
DP isn’t big enough to matter. I think it should apply to the big tech companies
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gotcha
what about my other examples though?
Does that apply to mine or yours website if you have one?
Does that apply to the local open school district's website?

and who or what metrics (criteria) gets to decide that?
Why should "success" or "popularity" be tied to losing rights?
 
Aunt Antifa said:


Conservatives will not stop being pissed that private companies aren’t going to be used for their dumb Russian disinfo campaigns, so the right’s SC lapdoggy is barking up bullshit legal shields to try to goose-step things along.

We need SC term limits, and we need to change that court. Hoo boy.
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You're actually using a third party who says "Clarence Thomas suggests"???
 
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