(January 15, 2021 at 12:05 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote:(January 15, 2021 at 11:50 am)Brian37 Wrote: Um no, this is nuts.
Tell me exactly who is being censored for private companies banning incitement to violence? That one GOP lady congresswoman with a mask with the word "censored" on it, when she spoke in the House chamber, was covered by CSPAN, Fox News, MSNBC and CNN AND PBS.
Freedom of speech only refers to what the government isn't allowed to silence. Incitement to violence is not protected speech regardless. What Facebook and Twitter did in banning Trump was not censorship. He violated their terms of service, and they gave him a ton of slack before cutting him off. Trump could have stayed on those platforms if he had simply stopped selling dangerous lies and pouring gas on the fire knowing his followers would act out on his words.
Part of the free market is allowing a private business to refuse service, just like a bar owner has every right to toss out an unruly patron who is shouting and trying to start fights with others.
They are not only censoring incitement to riot. They are taking down whole platforms like Parlor (I don't really know what Parlor is and have never visited it, but I know it's anti-American to take it down). I'm not talking about incitement to riot. I believe Biden won, but questioning the election results should absolutely be allowed. Questioning the World Health Organization should absolutely be allowed. Questioning any official story should absolutely be allowed. It's anti-American to not allow it, and it's beside the point that the government itself isn't the one doing the censoring. The mass censorship is having the same effect basically.
Do you support new domestic terrorism laws being put into law like Biden wants? Like the Republicans want? Did you support the anti-American Patriot Act after 9/11? This is the same shit all over again. Your rights are going down the tube.
Um no. Apple is a private business. They are not required by force to put up all apps because that app wants to be on their service. Apple had repeatedly warned Parlor to shape up, and they did not. Apple has the right to refuse service.
And knock it off with the two parties are the same bullshit.
Now if you want a better argument. I have long since hated growing monopolies. Those are anti competitive, and corporate America does have way too much power. But in the the case of Trump this is strictly about inciting violence. Even giant corporations understand that unrest is economically bad for their bottom line. I am not going to pretend any of this is being done by them for noble reasons.
But terrorism will affect their bottom line, a civil war also will affect their bottom line.
Giant corporations and GOP billionaire donors are fleeing from Trump and that party, because they know growing seditious terrorism will affect even them.
I'd certainly be for re-instating the "fairness act" that Reagan destroyed and apply that to all formats, not just tv networks. But while protecting offensive speech should always be protected, calls for violence isn't protected speech, no matter the class.