Did the government force Twitter to ban Trump, etc? No, so that's an invalid argument. Twitter chose to do so from the feedback of their users. I don't see an issue with this.
Musk Takes Control of Twitter, Immediately Fires Top Executives
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Did the government force Twitter to ban Trump, etc? No, so that's an invalid argument. Twitter chose to do so from the feedback of their users. I don't see an issue with this.
Acer-m14
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they most likely had a part in it .. finding the proof is the issue ..
They can't destroy what wasn't there. Twitter was *never* a free speech platform.
We do agree on the bottom sentence though. Though, I disagree with the severity you imply. Do I stifle free speech because I won't let anyone post any signage they want in my yard? By your definition I'm violating free speech principles too.
Proof is sort of important though wouldn't you agree? If we could just accuse people or businesses of being guilty and that made them guilty we wouldn't really have any freedom at all as you'd be subject to the fanciful whim of anyone who wanted to accuse you of anything at all.
Edit: by the way if there is concrete proof that the US government made Twitter ban Trump, then by all means I'll take a different position on this, but until then it's just a private business making business decisions.
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Acer-m14
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i think that is happing now .. people still sit in jail months and not one charge filed or seen the Judge yet ..
Not in the context of this thread though.
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Again, your take on cake bakers
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If the people controlling Twitters Ban machine are complicit with the ideologies of the people presently running the show in Washington, no one needs to "force" anyone to do anything. Twitter simply performed as one cog in the machine that is dramatically changing the Country I grew up in. Facebook, Washington Post, NPR, MSM and more are components of that machine as well. I fear it is perilously close to being too late to save the Republic from the insidious movement that we are only now waking up to. It did not start just yesterday. Shame on us for for being complacent for so long. JMO
EDIT: Then there is stuff like this-
"Coordination between the White House and Big Tech doesn’t stop with Meta. Recently, author and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson was deplatformed by Twitter after White House officials explicitly requested his removal. After release of the whistleblower report that revealed prevalence of corruption inside Twitter, and considering Twitter’s long history of suppressing dissidents, it is no surprise that Twitter management is willing to take orders from Washington.
These recent stories have provided lawmakers and ordinary Americans alike with hard evidence that this censorship enterprise is a coordinated effort to weaponize Big Tech against the American people."
EDIT: Then there is stuff like this-
"Coordination between the White House and Big Tech doesn’t stop with Meta. Recently, author and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson was deplatformed by Twitter after White House officials explicitly requested his removal. After release of the whistleblower report that revealed prevalence of corruption inside Twitter, and considering Twitter’s long history of suppressing dissidents, it is no surprise that Twitter management is willing to take orders from Washington.
These recent stories have provided lawmakers and ordinary Americans alike with hard evidence that this censorship enterprise is a coordinated effort to weaponize Big Tech against the American people."
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The same logic applies. If you want to bake a cake, then bake it. If not tell them to leave. Nobody owes you their services. My personal likes/dislikes are unimportant. Private entities should make those decisions.
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Twitter ... facebook and other social media sights i have been on ..
they all had a ban or block or ignore button you can click when someone you don't like is a asshole ..
the platform owner/employees ... doesn't even have to be involved
if you dont like it .. block it your own self .. its like a TV .. change the fkin Channel LOL ..
they all had a ban or block or ignore button you can click when someone you don't like is a asshole ..
the platform owner/employees ... doesn't even have to be involved
if you dont like it .. block it your own self .. its like a TV .. change the fkin Channel LOL ..
100% this.
I think twitter sucks, I don't have an account there and never will. This decision was made well before Musk bought it, and it doesn't change after he bought it either. Twitter is trash.
Ethiopia? What...?..... did ya tweet them out a fuckin' sammich or something?
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If you put a bulletin board in your yard that's open to the public, but you remove any postings you disagree with, then yes, that is violating the principles of free speech.
If the board is intended for a single topic and you just remove off topic posts, it is not. But if you remove *on* topic posts merely because you can't refute their contents, then yes, you are absolutely anti free speech.
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Opinion | Twitter Becomes a Tool of Government Censorship
Alex Berenson was kicked off the site at the White House’s urging. That’s a violation of the First Amendment.
www.wsj.com
Acer-m14
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so why did Trump , the Bee and many others get banned .. if you can just ignore / block them or log off and change the channel if they hurt your feelings ??
Oh yeah, this is getting interesting.
www.foxbusiness.com
Elon Musk says what's next for Twitter advertisers if they bow to activists demands and leave the platform
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said advertisers who cave to activists' demands to stop running ads on his platform could face consequences. Musk warned of a 'thermonuclear name and shame.'
www.foxbusiness.com
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You see an issue with this ?
Lawmakers Must Act as Biden Weaponizes Big Tech Against Americans
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt last week exposed the symbiosis of the deep state and the Silicon Valley elites.
www.heritage.org
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Just make your own water fountain.
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“The Timing Could Not Be Worse”: MSNBC Panics Over Twitter Control During Mid-Terms
“Twitter will no longer be a viable source that we have looked to for so long”
“The Timing Could Not Be Worse”: MSNBC Panics Over Twitter Control During Mid-Terms
“Twitter will no longer be a viable source that we have looked to for so long”
“The Timing Could Not Be Worse”: MSNBC Panics Over Twitter Control During Mid-Terms
“Twitter will no longer be a viable source that we have looked to for so long”
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NOt Good!
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Elon Musk | Creating X, the everything app | "WeChat is actually a good model, it does everything."
Here's another video of prophet for profit Elon Musk being interviewed praising China's social credit system app known as WeChat and looking to either turn Twitter into something similar or creating a brand new [X] application entirely from scratch. In the words of Musk himself:
"Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app."
Those of us with eyes to see and ears to hear saw this one coming the moment they placed Musk in the picture and was seen by many on both sides as some sort of 'savior' for free speech in big tech.
The psyop is as evil as it is deep.
View attachment musk.mp4
Elon Musk | Creating X, the everything app | "WeChat is actually a good model, it does everything."
Here's another video of prophet for profit Elon Musk being interviewed praising China's social credit system app known as WeChat and looking to either turn Twitter into something similar or creating a brand new [X] application entirely from scratch. In the words of Musk himself:
"Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app."
Those of us with eyes to see and ears to hear saw this one coming the moment they placed Musk in the picture and was seen by many on both sides as some sort of 'savior' for free speech in big tech.
The psyop is as evil as it is deep.
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Bigfoot
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Not only is this kind of a big deal.
It's also entertaining... LOL
In a good way, for once.
It's been a rough ride the last couple of years.
I'm taking in the liberal tears with great joy... Woo Hoo!
It's also entertaining... LOL
In a good way, for once.
It's been a rough ride the last couple of years.
I'm taking in the liberal tears with great joy... Woo Hoo!
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
any nutrients in them or just waste water .. LOL ..