Free Speech and (Big Tech) Censorship Thread

[PsihoKekec]

He probably said something that was contrary to State Department, which would mean he is an evil vatnik and thereby has to cancelled.

 

[Aldarion]

I've seen his stuff before. I don't think he's ever done anything controversial. What happened?

From what I got from that video, apparently, discussing war counts as promoting violence.

So basically, Political Correctness Gone Mad.

 

[DarthOne]

From what I got from that video, apparently, discussing war counts as promoting violence.

So basically, Political Correctness Gone Mad.

What, more so then usual for this decade?

 

[Aldarion]

What, more so then usual for this decade?

Seems like it. Though I fear it is just new normal.

 

[DarthOne]

Seems like it. Though I fear it is just new normal.

Not for long, I don’t think.

 

[f1onagher]

He probably said something that was contrary to State Department, which would mean he is an evil vatnik and thereby has to cancelled.

I'm still looking into it, but it looks like he might have tripped too many yellow flags by having too much empathy for the Russian grunts. Don't quote me on that, but its all I've managed to suss out so far.

 

[Captain X]

 

[ThatZenoGuy]

>Insane leftists want to make the 1st amendment go bye bye
Par for the course nowadays, although I find it curious how every word they speak must be protected at the same time...

 

[Vetrom]

Same noise as back in the 90s. The right needs to do a better job of arguing first principles and less screeching about gay panik... Or just do the holding pattern until their turn in the churn.

 

[ThatZenoGuy]

Same noise as back in the 90s. The right needs to do a better job of arguing first principles and less screeching about gay panik... Or just do the holding pattern until their turn in the churn.

Frankly I think even the finest arguments, debates, and words fall upon deaf ears nowadays. If words fail, what should one do to make a point across?

 

[AnimalNoodles]

Same noise as back in the 90s. The right needs to do a better job of arguing first principles and less screeching about gay panik... Or just do the holding pattern until their turn in the churn.

The time for debate is over and waiting for thier 'turn in the churn' is how we got here.

The right needs to organise, and use what power it gains to purge its rivals from positions of influence and stigmatise opposing viewpoints. its that simple.

 

[Spartan303]

I love how every time she answers it actually isn't an answer to a question he asked.

 

[ThatZenoGuy]

I love how every time she answers it actually isn't an answer to a question he asked.

That's 99% of American/Western politics now.

"Did you do X?"

"Well if you look at the statistics I believe that the *insert incoherent rant here* proves that something might've maybe not happened possibly yes no hello there!"

"Okay next question, what about the proof of Y?"

"Well if you look at the statistics I believe that the *insert incoherent rant here* proves that something might've maybe not happened possibly yes no hello there!"

"Right...So what you're saying is that Z is responsible for this?"

"Well if you look at the statistics I believe that the *insert incoherent rant here* proves that something might've maybe not happened possibly yes no hello there!"

"..."

 

[Bassoe]

Anyway, congress is debating yet another iteration of SOPA.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686

 

[Cherico]

Anyway, congress is debating yet another iteration of SOPA.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/686

Real sick of this shit.

 

[Robovski]

Real sick of this shit.

Well you know, they only have to win once and then it's passed and nothing stops them from trying again, and again, and again...

 

[Spartan303]

Real sick of this shit.

Can you give me a rundown?

 

[ThatZenoGuy]

Can you give me a rundown?

Thinly veiled anti-privacy/technology-rights-obliterating bill under the guise of 'national security'.

 

[Cherico]

Thinly veiled anti-privacy/technology-rights-obliterating bill under the guise of 'national security'.

And they do this shit like once every 3 years or so.

 

[Iconoclast]

This article is a perfect summation of what we’re up against.

https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

In February 2021, a long article in Time magazine by journalist Molly Ball celebrated the "Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election." Biden's victory, wrote Ball, was the result of a "conspiracy unfolding behind the scenes" that drew together "a vast, cross-partisan campaign to protect the election" in an "extraordinary shadow effort." Among the many accomplishments of the heroic conspirators, Ball notes, they "successfully pressured social media companies to take a harder line against disinformation and used data-driven strategies to fight viral smears." It is an incredible article, like an entry from the crime blotter that somehow got slipped into the society pages, a paean to the saviors of democracy that describes in detail how they dismembered it.