American Politics III: New President, Same Old Country

[Kowani]

wait
i remember posting that independent article that they're citing

ascended newsery

found it, ahaha!

[San Lumen]

Plaskett is doing a fabulous job. How can the vote to convict not be unanimous after hearing the evidence?

Not sure if serious ...

I am serious. The evidence is so overwhelming how could any senator not vote to convict and bar him from office.

[Echo Chamber Thought Police]

twitter is a company and can do what it wants. therefore it can pay below the minimum wage and flaunt working regulations. all dems must agree with me.

I think you're confusing 1st Amendment with Labor Regulations.

since when did the 1st amendment give you the right to shut people up who you didnt like?

[Genivaria]

Twitter is a company. It doesn't need to be democratic. It can ban which users they wish.

True and great point, but it is still against freedom of speech.

GMS.

Not really, it's pretty established in the US that private companies are free to punish people for their statements or social media activity.

[Cordel One]

Twitter is a company. It doesn't need to be democratic. It can ban which users they wish.

True and great point, but it is still against freedom of speech.

GMS.

"Freedom of speech" just means that the government isn't allowed to silence people or retaliate against things they say (though they don't follow that rule). Twitter banning Trump has nothing to do with free speech, and it's overrated anyways.

[Istoreya]

Twitter is a company. It doesn't need to be democratic. It can ban which users they wish.

True and great point, but it is still against freedom of speech.

GMS.

This is wrong. Freedom of speech does not mean that you should be allowed to post things in private platforms that they don't want to host. Considering you are so very proud of never having been warned for flaming or trolling on this site, you clearly are aware of this fact and are simply complaining because it's your favourite Orange Man getting his account deleted.

[San Lumen]

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/fulton ... SVDR7E76M/

Fulton County DA asks GA Secretary of State to preserve evidence from explosive call with Trump

[Genivaria]

I think you're confusing 1st Amendment with Labor Regulations.

since when did the 1st amendment give you the right to shut people up who you didnt like?

Again, in the US private businesses are allowed to deny business to who they wish.
They are also allowed to fire employees for statements they make.

[Istoreya]

I think you're confusing 1st Amendment with Labor Regulations.

since when did the 1st amendment give you the right to shut people up who you didnt like?

Since forever. If I'm paying for the host server, I decide what goes on the host server. If I decide Trump isn't gonna be on my server, he won't be.

[Kowani]

oh shit
they're puling the "he knew" card

and they're using fucking tarrio as evidence
what is this timeline

[Echo Chamber Thought Police]

True and great point, but it is still against freedom of speech.

GMS.

This is wrong. Freedom of speech does not mean that you should be allowed to post things in private platforms that they don't want to host. Considering you are so very proud of never having been warned for flaming or trolling on this site, you clearly are aware of this fact and are simply complaining because it's your favourite Orange Man getting his account deleted.

'you can form your own platform'

- makes own platform

deletes that platform from almost all accessible means

[Echo Chamber Thought Police]

since when did the 1st amendment give you the right to shut people up who you didnt like?

Since forever. If I'm paying for the host server, I decide what goes on the host server. If I decide Trump isn't gonna be on my server, he won't be.

thats not related to the 1st amendment

[Genivaria]

This is wrong. Freedom of speech does not mean that you should be allowed to post things in private platforms that they don't want to host. Considering you are so very proud of never having been warned for flaming or trolling on this site, you clearly are aware of this fact and are simply complaining because it's your favourite Orange Man getting his account deleted.

'you can form your own platform'

- makes own platform

deletes that platform from almost all accessible means

Not sure what your point is.

[Istoreya]

This is wrong. Freedom of speech does not mean that you should be allowed to post things in private platforms that they don't want to host. Considering you are so very proud of never having been warned for flaming or trolling on this site, you clearly are aware of this fact and are simply complaining because it's your favourite Orange Man getting his account deleted.

'you can form your own platform'

- makes own platform

deletes that platform from almost all accessible means

There's nothing stopping Trump going and buying himself a domain name and making a website. People apparently just forget that social media exists outside of phone apps.

[Echo Chamber Thought Police]

since when did the 1st amendment give you the right to shut people up who you didnt like?

Again, in the US private businesses are allowed to deny business to who they wish.
They are also allowed to fire employees for statements they make.

so you think employees should be able to fire someone for alleging they were raped by their boss?

thats a statement, right?

[Kowani]

damn
that was well done

[Echo Chamber Thought Police]

'you can form your own platform'

- makes own platform

deletes that platform from almost all accessible means

Not sure what your point is.

'make your own platform' is utter bs when applied in practise

[Greater Miami Shores]

Not sure if serious ...

I am serious. The evidence is so overwhelming how could any senator not vote to convict and bar him from office.

Different persons think differently, I am serious.

GMS.

[Echo Chamber Thought Police]

'you can form your own platform'

- makes own platform

deletes that platform from almost all accessible means

There's nothing stopping Trump going and buying himself a domain name and making a website. People apparently just forget that social media exists outside of phone apps.

and then access to that website is blocked by ISPs

[Istoreya]

Again, in the US private businesses are allowed to deny business to who they wish.
They are also allowed to fire employees for statements they make.

so you think employees should be able to fire someone for alleging they were raped by their boss?

thats a statement, right?

Sure they can. It's not a good look but they can.

[Genivaria]

'you can form your own platform'

- makes own platform

deletes that platform from almost all accessible means

There's nothing stopping Trump going and buying himself a domain name and making a website. People apparently just forget that social media exists outside of phone apps.

Which is exactly what Michael Bloomberg did with his news channel, a channel that I refuse to patron out of principle.
Fuck Michael Bloomberg.

[Istoreya]

There's nothing stopping Trump going and buying himself a domain name and making a website. People apparently just forget that social media exists outside of phone apps.

and then access to that website is blocked by ISPs

Prove that happened then, please, or you're just spewing bullshit.

[Echo Chamber Thought Police]

so you think employees should be able to fire someone for alleging they were raped by their boss?

thats a statement, right?

Sure they can. It's not a good look but they can.

...

what a lovely viewpoint

'people should expect to be sexually assaulted and accept that or run the risk of being fired'

[Genivaria]

There's nothing stopping Trump going and buying himself a domain name and making a website. People apparently just forget that social media exists outside of phone apps.

and then access to that website is blocked by ISPs

So your complaint is that corporations dominate our society and in fact serves only to remove freedom of choice?
Welcome to the Left Comrade.

[Kowani]

egh, boring woman