(January 15, 2021 at 1:18 pm)Brian37 Wrote:(January 15, 2021 at 12:05 pm)Irreligious Atheist Wrote: 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.
I'm against calls for violence too, Brian. I just think that only a small percentage of the people being censored are calling for violence. We're living in 1984. I'd rather not live in 1984. That book was not supposed to be an instruction manual.
And as far as new terrorism laws go, shouldn't you be concerned about how those laws will be used by the other side when they get back into power? You want to give a maniac like Ted Cruz or someone even worse more ability to abuse people's rights when they come into power in four or eight years? At least there are people on the left like AOC speaking out against new unnecessary terrorism laws, but obviously very few will stand up for the people like she is doing right now. The rest are too blinded by their hatred of Trump and his followers to care about their rights being stripped away, just like they were blinded by their hatred of radical Muslims to see how insane the Patriot Act was.