The Leftist Tyranny of Twitter

[Grand Mal]

Tell me, for what reason should the President be banned from twitter?

For what reasons should the right leaning voices listed be banned?

The Chief Twitter twit recently claimed (paraphrasing) 100% contrary to his Congressional testimony.

Seeing as that’s serious crime these days... perhaps they should get a SWAT team to his house early tomorrow morning.

Flamin' socialist. Wanting the guvmint to dictate policy to private companies. Move your commie ass to Venezuela.

 

[Jack Hays]

Your entire thread is throwaway material if you're going to hide behind that egg-proof barrier.
The title itself sounds unhinged right from the start.

Throwing out tropes like "LEFTIST TYRANNY!" is not only a bit unhinged, it's maudlin and Bircherite, bordering on hysteria.
Just think...maybe if a few of those tyrannical leftists had gotten a wee bit of respect for their arguments, it would have been possible to apply a quasi public utility approach to Twitter, Facebook, the whole lot of them.
It still would have been imperfect but it would have allowed a bit more control to organized campaigns that distort the way that these platforms can be used.

You refuse to even acknowledge the fact that your entire line of thinking, namely that "leftists" are somehow engaged in a tyrannical attempt to control a stockholder corporation, is false...and you've tripped over your own right wing jingoism.

Read the thread before popping off.
Recent criticism of Omar by Dems makes my point.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

Read the thread before popping off.
Recent criticism of Omar by Dems makes my point.

Oh you poor dear...can't take criticism, or correction, or learn, or even read or comprehend.
It's all leftist tyranny.
To the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Take it up with the Twitter board of directors and then mull over what I said about net neutrality and the effort to define the data infrastructure services as utilities.

Which I am betting you won't and therefore I see no reason to read anything further from you or to respond.

 

[marke]

It's twitter. It's always been trash. Why people put so much faith in social "media", I'll never know.

Fox or someone can make their own conservative variant of twitter. It's be just as big a steaming pile of poo and nonsense, but it can be done.

Twitter has caused leftist liberal democrat propagandists a whole heap of problems. Trump has been driving the weenies crazy by sidestepping the monopolized democrat mainstream media and taking his unaltered and unedited message straight to the American people.

 

[Peter King]

Twitter has caused leftist liberal democrat propagandists a whole heap of problems. Trump has been driving the weenies crazy by sidestepping the monopolized democrat mainstream media and taking his unaltered and unedited message straight to the American people.

you mean his misspelled tweets of anger/lies/distortions/fake news? Because as we know the biggest pusher of fake news is the Orange Orc himself. The only reason it is unaltered and unedited is because the man is quite a few sandwiches short of a picnic/ a dozen cards short of a full deck.

When the history books are written about Trump he will be known for as the (hopefully) one term president who was known as the biggest presidential twitter liar/distorter of facts, famous for his complete disregard of being truthful.

 

[HK.227]

Some smug elites will downplay Twitter's disparate treatment of these users by arguing that private tech corporations can do whatever they want and that no First Amendment issues have been raised. But this battle is about much more than free speech rights. It's about whether the high-and-mighty progressives who monopolize global social media platforms truly believe in nurturing a free speech culture.

By punishing politically incorrect speech and making punitive examples of free thinkers, tech titans are enforcing their own authoritarian version of Silicon Valley sharia -- a set of both written and unwritten codes constricting expressions of acceptable thought in the name of "safety" and "civility.". . . .

A few thoughts against.
Free Speech Culture: Private property trumps it. I may not agree with Twitter bans, but I'll defend to the death their right to ban.
Public airwaves because it's on your phone: Disagree. No Internet content provider claims the public airwaves for their content; Internet access is provided by the phone company for their customers.

And a couple in favor.
Terms of service. They are an agreement between user and content provider. If these are not enforced evenly (to a reasonable degree), then certain moderator actions may be considered malicious and grounds for action. Of course content providers are always free to change their terms of service at any time, but once stated terms should be firm since they make up an agreement between the two parties. The provider should not be free to ignore them without consequence. That would at the least force them to come clean about their methods.
Also, don't support what you find reprehensible. Much better that people do it than asking Big Brother to intervene. Let him rest; once awakened, he can be very difficult to put back to sleep.

 

[marke]

you mean his misspelled tweets of anger/lies/distortions/fake news? Because as we know the biggest pusher of fake news is the Orange Orc himself. The only reason it is unaltered and unedited is because the man is quite a few sandwiches short of a picnic/ a dozen cards short of a full deck.

When the history books are written about Trump he will be known for as the (hopefully) one term president who was known as the biggest presidential twitter liar/distorter of facts, famous for his complete disregard of being truthful.

Leftist commie democrats despise Trump the way Hitler and his gang despised Jews.

 

[Obscurity]

Delete Twitter and FB.

Speak with your wallets.

If you continue to try and use the platform you're a hypocrite.

 

[Jack Hays]

Oh you poor dear...can't take criticism, or correction, or learn, or even read or comprehend.
It's all leftist tyranny.
To the man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
Take it up with the Twitter board of directors and then mull over what I said about net neutrality and the effort to define the data infrastructure services as utilities.

Which I am betting you won't and therefore I see no reason to read anything further from you or to respond.

This thread has nothing to do with net neutrality or data infrastructure services. Your ignorance is your prison.

 

[Jack Hays]

A few thoughts against.
Free Speech Culture: Private property trumps it. I may not agree with Twitter bans, but I'll defend to the death their right to ban.
Public airwaves because it's on your phone: Disagree. No Internet content provider claims the public airwaves for their content; Internet access is provided by the phone company for their customers.

And a couple in favor.
Terms of service. They are an agreement between user and content provider. If these are not enforced evenly (to a reasonable degree), then certain moderator actions may be considered malicious and grounds for action. Of course content providers are always free to change their terms of service at any time, but once stated terms should be firm since they make up an agreement between the two parties. The provider should not be free to ignore them without consequence. That would at the least force them to come clean about their methods.
Also, don't support what you find reprehensible. Much better that people do it than asking Big Brother to intervene. Let him rest; once awakened, he can be very difficult to put back to sleep.

Not asking for Big Brother. Just asking for a genuine commitment to free speech and fairness.

 

[jmotivator]

It's twitter. It's always been trash. Why people put so much faith in social "media", I'll never know.

Fox or someone can make their own conservative variant of twitter. It's be just as big a steaming pile of poo and nonsense, but it can be done.

So you are saying that Twitter is... divisive?

What if you don't want a Twitter for conservatives, but rather a Twitter that promotes free thought?

 

[Ikari]

So you are saying that Twitter is... divisive?

What if you don't want a Twitter for conservatives, but rather a Twitter that promotes free thought?

If you want a Twitter that promotes free thought, then you'd have to up the age requirement to something like 32, and even then you're not really guaranteed to have promoted free thought. Twitter doesn't really promote free thought, it promotes the spewing of rancid brain garbage all over the internet by people who fell far more important than they actually are. It's a cesspool of ignorance and stupidity.

But I believe part of the point (this is from some time ago) was that Twitter polices it's own content and as it is private, may do so as it likes.

In that case, if you want a Twitter that promotes free thought, then go ahead and make one and don't kick anyone off. Though I think you'll find it will become the same stinking, steaming pile of monkey diarrhea that the current incarnation of Twitter is. But knock yourself out.

 

[jmotivator]

If you want a Twitter that promotes free thought, then you'd have to up the age requirement to something like 32, and even then you're not really guaranteed to have promoted free thought. Twitter doesn't really promote free thought, it promotes the spewing of rancid brain garbage all over the internet by people who fell far more important than they actually are. It's a cesspool of ignorance and stupidity.

But I believe part of the point (this is from some time ago) was that Twitter polices it's own content and as it is private, may do so as it likes.

In that case, if you want a Twitter that promotes free thought, then go ahead and make one and don't kick anyone off. Though I think you'll find it will become the same stinking, steaming pile of monkey diarrhea that the current incarnation of Twitter is. But knock yourself out.

Is your opposition that you can't fit that much bile into 240 characters? :lamo

On your larger point, though, Unique thought and free thought aren't the same thing.

 

[Ikari]

Is your opposition that you can't fit that much bile into 240 characters? :lamo

On your larger point, though, Unique thought and free thought aren't the same thing.

I mean, I could probably compress it if I wanted to contribute to the problem. But I feel that ignoring Twitter is a far better use of time.

There's not much unique on Twitter, nor is it necessarily "free" since it's a policed zone. But regardless, it's as worthless as the Venezuelan bolivar.

 

[Logician Man]

Leftist commie democrats despise Trump the way Hitler and his gang despised Jews.

Trump loves the former Commie KBG leader, Putin. Even refuses to call him out for interfering in our US elections in spite of ALL 17 US intel agencies confirming Putin is guilty.So, yes...true American patriots are going to despise a commie sympathizing POTUS ...

 

[marke]

Trump loves the former Commie KBG leader, Putin. Even refuses to call him out for interfering in our US elections in spite of ALL 17 US intel agencies confirming Putin is guilty.So, yes...true American patriots are going to despise a commie sympathizing POTUS ...

You say Trump loves Putin and yet it was Obama who came the closest to holding hands with him and whispering sweet nothings in his ear in an attempt to use Russia to give him an advantage in the 2012 election.

 

[Logician Man]

You say Trump loves Putin and yet it was Obama who came the closest to holding hands with him and whispering sweet nothings in his ear in an attempt to use Russia to give him an advantage in the 2012 election.

Trump does love Putin and Kim Jung Un...He's stated as such..the Obama crap is BS.

 

[Jack Hays]

Trump does love Putin and Kim Jung Un...He's stated as such..the Obama crap is BS.

Did Obama Pledge 'More Flexibility' Toward Russia After the 2012


Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. › Fact Check › Politics



Claim: A hot microphone picked up President Obama telling Russian President Dmitri Medvedev he would have more flexibility to negotiate on issues like missile...
Claimed by: Multiple Sources
Fact check by Snopes.com: True

 

[HK.227]

Not asking for Big Brother. Just asking for a genuine commitment to free speech and fairness.

So many things that should be considered given, but cannot...

 

[Peter King]

Leftist commie democrats despise Trump the way Hitler and his gang despised Jews.

If I have some time I will start feeling sorry for Trump, NOT!!!

Almost everything that happens to Trump is his own effing fault, and your comparison with Hitler and Jews is also total nonsense and it is a sign of weakness to use that argument.

 

[marke]

Trump does love Putin and Kim Jung Un...He's stated as such..the Obama crap is BS.

Trump does not show open hatred for world leaders like American democrats show hatred for Trump.

 

[rocket88]

Tell me, for what reason should the President be banned from twitter?

For what reasons should the right leaning voices listed be banned?

The Chief Twitter twit recently claimed (paraphrasing) 100% contrary to his Congressional testimony.

Seeing as that’s serious crime these days... perhaps they should get a SWAT team to his house early tomorrow morning.

I never said the President should be banned. Fail #1.

Twitter is a private business. Don't you like free enterprise? Can't they ban people? Fail #2

The Chief Twitter twit is your deity. Fail #3

 

[rocket88]

So you are saying that Twitter is... divisive?

What if you don't want a Twitter for conservatives, but rather a Twitter that promotes free thought?

That sounds really nice, but do you plan on using the power of government to regulate Twitter?

 

[rocket88]

Did Obama Pledge 'More Flexibility' Toward Russia After the 2012


Snopes.com | The definitive fact-checking site and reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation. › Fact Check › Politics



Claim: A hot microphone picked up President Obama telling Russian President Dmitri Medvedev he would have more flexibility to negotiate on issues like missile...
Claimed by: Multiple Sources
Fact check by Snopes.com: True

Yes that is true. The context of course was "Hey, let's talk after the election, if I win I can work with you."

None of which changes Trump's performance at Helsinki where he practically sucked Putin's dick on camers.

 

[Jack Hays]

I never said the President should be banned. Fail #1.

Twitter is a private business. Don't you like free enterprise? Can't they ban people? Fail #2

The Chief Twitter twit is your deity. Fail #3

That sounds really nice, but do you plan on using the power of government to regulate Twitter?

Trump is irrelevant.
The point is to raise a stink when Twitter acts with egregious bias.