(01-11-2021, 09:09 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(01-10-2021, 07:53 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: I joined Parler, but it was hard for me to get into because it's a conservative circle jerk. Unless moderates and others come over, it's going to be difficult to get any general sense of public sentiment.

I'm glad you say that.  We really need to talk to each other, and not isolate ourselves in our own alternative realities.

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(01-11-2021, 09:01 AM)Lucky2Last Wrote: Pretty sure I saw twitter compared to a bakery in an earlier post. That was also apples to dump trucks.

You guys really don't have a good argument here. Social media functions like a utility. Congress awarded Tech companies the same privileges and protections as the phone companies because they were supposed to function in a similar manner. Then, after getting those protections, they started censoring speech based on ideas they don't like. That is not their job. They are editorializing now, and should now be subject to libel. If they can say, we censored these lies, then they should be able to be sued for lies they are not censoring. It's that simple. The simple truth is that social media is the new town square and should function like a public utility. Period. Please stop pretending like you don't understand this. They should only be able to restrict speech that is already approved by the government (which is controlled, for now, by the people). It's ludicrous that you guys even try to defend this [BLEEP]. It only comes from a place of privilege, to use terms you guys seem to embrace.

I think that's a legitimate issue.