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Banning X on Rivals message boards

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That’s what free speech permits.
Censoring is how you prevent fact checking.



It was certainly the stalking horse to setup an entire government funded network of organizations that pressured private companies to censor content (threatening sponsors, etc) in ways the government isn’t permitted to directly.
I’m glad one of Trump’s first EOs was to shut that down..
Read reporting from Michael Schellenberger or Bari Weiss about it.



Again, free speech is the way to combat it. You can’t have a free, informed society without it.
I’m not willing to trust the people who gaslit about Biden, or why Russia invaded Ukraine, or who blew up the Nordstream, or WMD in Iraq, or babies tossed from incubators in Kuwait, or the Gulf of Tonkin, or any number of other bullshit narratives we’ve been fed.
There isn’t some more workable method, whereby from now on we can actually trust those who want to censor.
Like during the debate?
 
So you blame the democrats for the attack on Israel? You honestly believe that democrats are "jew hating Nazis"?

Easily defended.. lol. Flat earthers think the same thing about their points.
Only in part for the initial attack but they are more culpable for the following deaths.

I don’t believe they are actually Jew hating Nazis, no. I’m not an easily played simpleton like those that believe Musk is a Nazi.

I think Dems tried to placate two sides of their base because things were looking grim in the polls. They played politics instead of just doing the right thing and all they had to do was follow policy and unequivocally stand with Israel. It should have been a no brainer “win” for Biden and he couldn’t have phucked it up more if he tried.
 
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250 years after the revolution and we have people scared of freedom of speech and clamoring for censorship.
The most interesting thing is that Ping already has the power to censor everyone on this site he doesn’t want to see a post from, but that’s not enough.
He appeals to authority to try and keep other people from seeing things he doesn’t want them to see.
A weeping statute of liberty would be more fitting.
You're so retarded and MAGA brainwashed that you completely missed the point. It's not driving up engagement, and hence financial reward, for a Nazi owned corporation. How are you THIS dumb?
 
The good thing about X, which I don't have, is not being able to see the comments section.
That's true. But if you see a tweet that catches your interest, you should expect to see a discussion of the tweet in the comments. Usually the first 15 comments are just reposted memes and then the next 30 after that are just hate.
 
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My last word on this: the First Amendment is a restriction on the power of the government. And thanks to those restrictions, long may they live, they have no say in what speech I do or don't choose to allow on this message board. Nothing — nothing — legally mandates whether you people get to embed tweets or not.

As others have noticed, OT is very lightly moderated, and mostly to cover our own asses w/r/t Rivals' TOS on pornography and copyright infringement. That was the choice we made . If we wanted to come down harder, we would have long ago.

So if we do decide to ban links to X, that has about as much to do with "free speech" as the mating habits of sea snails. And certainly, if that's a bridge too far for anyone's sensibilities, I understand. There's a whole other internet out there for you. Or you can keep posting on here about it. Good for the site either way.

Thanks for reading, everyone!
“Free Speech” and “First Amendment” are two different concepts. Very telling that this only came up when one of your leftist cronies got his panties in a wad.
 
Exactly. And a tavern can be avoided by patrons, especially when it turns into a Nazi bar.
Sure, but this isnt about ping avoiding the tavern, it's about him teatotting that no one else should be able to enjoy the brew.





Ya gotta take a second to laugh at the people who love to talk about critical thinking asking to have information removed from their availability.
 
Sure, but this iant about ping avoiding the tavern, it's about him teatotting that no one else should be able to enjoy the brew.
Well, when the owner is a Nazi, I have no problem saying people can find another tavern. I think we should eliminate the ability for tweets to show up here, but people can post the links. Less fascist manipulated algorithms like Bluesky should only be given that ability. That is not regulating speech, simply the ease of accessing content on a certain speech platform. I don't want Stormfront to be given easy access either. This is not unreasonable.
 
Well, when the owner is a Nazi, I have no problem saying people can find another tavern. I think we should eliminate the ability for tweets to show up here, but people can post the links. Less fascist manipulated algorithms like Bluesky should only be given that ability. That is not regulating speech, simply the ease of accessing content on a certain speech platform. I don't want Stormfront to be given easy access either. This is not unreasonable.
Can you link to something that proves Elon is a Nazi? It should be easy. I just quoted something that proves you’re a moron. I’m guessing it will take you longer to make your point than it took me to verifiably make mine.
 
Banning "media"? It's almost like MAGAt morons fundamentally misunderstand what Twitter/X is.

Let me guess. It’s an evil lair for Nazis to converge and plan destruction. And I’m not a MAGAt whatever that’s supposed to be. I don’t align blindly to a political party either though. Regardless, my original point stands.
 
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Well, when the owner is a Nazi, I have no problem saying people can find another tavern. I think we should eliminate the ability for tweets to show up here, but people can post the links. Less fascist manipulated algorithms like Bluesky should only be given that ability. That is not regulating speech, simply the ease of accessing content on a certain speech platform. I don't want Stormfront to be given easy access either. This is not unreasonable.
I guess if we really have to discuss this as a commercial real estate/bar extended metaphor, I'd think the questions are (i) does the establishment(s) violate the zoning laws and (ii) do they rise to the level of public nuisance that they can be condemned (in the legal sense). In an avenue zoned for speech businesses (ie, this platform), it's hard to say you can't/shouldn't have a speech business. And as far as nuisances go, some people like to go to the sports bar, and some people like to go to the drag cabaret, neither of which rises to the level of public nuisance.

Personally, I'm incredibly thankful that this place is (one of the remaining few) non-social media platform free fire zones when it comes to speech - it actually may be the "best" place to figure out what's going on, though it can involve a little triangulation. I think of it as that street block that runs perpendicular to x ave and bluesky ave in the party district, so you get some of the drunks that stagger over here a bit, but they're easy enough to spot and avoid. I do hope it doesn't get redeveloped for some sort of public library or symphony.
 
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Well, when the owner is a Nazi, I have no problem saying people can find another tavern. I think we should eliminate the ability for tweets to show up here, but people can post the links. Less fascist manipulated algorithms like Bluesky should only be given that ability. That is not regulating speech, simply the ease of accessing content on a certain speech platform. I don't want Stormfront to be given easy access either. This is not unreasonable.
You just said you don't want twitter but you want the liberal offshoot that was created so democrats could have a safe space.


Sir, you are reinforcing my point.
 
We have posters on this site who literally all they've done FOR DECADES is link/embed partisan tweets and articles. 10s of thousands of them again, from mostly hyper partisan sources.
3 days into a new administration and we have posters and mods (WTF??) who now are seriously wanting to ban twitter/X links?
Seriously?
@Adam Jacobi save us the strict 1st ammendment only applies to the govt interpretation... you help run a social media site that is considering banning access to another legitimate news/information sharing site used by billions world-wide... based on partisan political bullshit. Just bc you aren't the government don't pretend you wouldn't be greatly restricting speech by doing so. And I hope you realize actions like these don't happen in a vacuum.
 
Can you link to something that proves Elon is a Nazi? It should be easy. I just quoted something that proves you’re a moron. I’m guessing it will take you longer to make your point than it took me to verifiably make mine.
You're not too bright. Either willfully or not. So I will help you out, since you’re not as capable…

 
I love all the teeth gnashing going on in this thread towards Adam for saying he can ban x links, but hasn’t. Keep up the good work fellas, you’re providing great entertainment.
 
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You're so retarded and MAGA brainwashed that you completely missed the point. It's not driving up engagement, and hence financial reward, for a Nazi owned corporation. How are you THIS dumb?
You’re so retarded and libtard brainwashed that you think Musk is actually a Nazi? When you smear every political opponent like this baselessly you realize it loses all meaning, right? How are you THIS dumb?

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The only ‘Nazi’ shit I’ve seen on Twitter is the left calling everyone who opposes their agenda a Nazi.
 
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