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How is it suppressing free speech? It's not keeping you from posting ridiculous pro-Trump tirades. It's not even hiding those tirades from your friends. All i

How is it suppressing free speech? It's not keeping you from posting ridiculous pro-Trump tirades. It's not even hiding those tirades from your friends. All it's doing is choosing not to shine a spotlight on conservative stories which aren't corroborated by mainstream sources.

LyndsySimon 11y ago
> conservative stories which aren't corroborated by mainstream sources. Conservativism is mainstream. Part of the problem is that many people who are not conservative have been lead to believe that it is a marginal/extreme ideology. It is not. It may be a majority ideology, but it is at a bare minimum a the second most common. For what it's worth I don't consider myself a conservative.
- lettergram 11y ago
  Last I checked (can't find the stats on mobile), conservatives represented 65+% of the vote in the U.S. However, they are significantly less likely to vote, many living in a rural area.
  - dragonwriter 11y ago
    > Last I checked (can't find the stats on mobile), conservatives represented 65+% of the vote in the U.S. That's basically never been even close to the case. Polling from earlier this year had a 37%/35%/24% conservative/moderate/liberal split [1], with "conservative" having a high since 1992 of 40%. [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/188129/conservatives-hang-ideology-lead-thread.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/188129/conservatives-hang-ideolog...
- djur 11y ago
  The 'conservatism' espoused by a plurality of Americans is not necessarily the 'conservatism' of Breitbart and Red State. The activist left and right on the Internet are a small minority of even politically involved people. It is dangerous to assume that these outlets represent a substantial proportion of voters.
- morgante 11y ago
  > Conservativism is mainstream. I never said that conservatism can't be mainstream. There are plenty of conservative outfits that are part of the mainstream (the WSJ, for example). Brietbart, however, is not mainstream. Even many Republicans dislike it. Facebook also shouldn't include articles from dubious/questionable liberal equivalents like the Daily Kos.

LyndsySimon 11y ago

> conservative stories which aren't corroborated by mainstream sources. Conservativism is mainstream. Part of the problem is that many people who are not conservative have been lead to believe that it is a marginal/extreme ideology. It is not. It may be a majority ideology, but it is at a bare minimum a the second most common. For what it's worth I don't consider myself a conservative.

lettergram 11y ago
Last I checked (can't find the stats on mobile), conservatives represented 65+% of the vote in the U.S. However, they are significantly less likely to vote, many living in a rural area.
- dragonwriter 11y ago
  > Last I checked (can't find the stats on mobile), conservatives represented 65+% of the vote in the U.S. That's basically never been even close to the case. Polling from earlier this year had a 37%/35%/24% conservative/moderate/liberal split [1], with "conservative" having a high since 1992 of 40%. [1] http://www.gallup.com/poll/188129/conservatives-hang-ideology-lead-thread.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/188129/conservatives-hang-ideolog...
djur 11y ago
The 'conservatism' espoused by a plurality of Americans is not necessarily the 'conservatism' of Breitbart and Red State. The activist left and right on the Internet are a small minority of even politically involved people. It is dangerous to assume that these outlets represent a substantial proportion of voters.
morgante 11y ago
> Conservativism is mainstream. I never said that conservatism can't be mainstream. There are plenty of conservative outfits that are part of the mainstream (the WSJ, for example). Brietbart, however, is not mainstream. Even many Republicans dislike it. Facebook also shouldn't include articles from dubious/questionable liberal equivalents like the Daily Kos.