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As someone who believes in using a network of non-correlated news and information sources (much like a smart investment portfolio uses non-correlated investment
by cubano 8y ago
As someone who believes in using a network of non-correlated news and information sources (much like a smart investment portfolio uses non-correlated investments to maximize risk/reward-based returns) to give me an well-rounded view on daily news events, I think that censorship like this should be examined very closely.
I've enjoyed the rants of Alex Jones in the past, just like I've enjoyed Joe Scarborough at MSNBC, Rush Limbaugh, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, and even Art Bell, so I find this coordinated attack and take down of one of these outlets to be worrisome.
Are we going to accept this current meme that "hate speech" (whatever the hell that is currently defined as) can only come from the Right?
If so, I'll pass on that idea...it's totally political in nature if that's the case and the last thing that I believe is helpful to the world is to have one political viewpoint, Right or Left, to totally run the show.
I think examples of Mr. Jones's banning "hate-speech" should be required if these companies are going to revoke his 1st Amendment protections and censor him, if nothing else then to warn others where the line is to be drawn.
- themagician 8y agoIt's not a matter of left or right. If the content is stupid enough moderatos shouldn't hesitate to ban it. It should be completely up to those moderators to determine. The same way it's up to HN mods to determine what posts stay and what posts go. No justification has to be given.
- jhayward 8y agoThe fact that you enjoy Alex Jones is damning enough to make one disregard any notion that you are actually interested in upholding the social norms of free speech and tolerance.
- drak0n1c 8y agoYour engaging in ad hominem runs counter to "upholding the social norms of free speech and tolerance". Try to avoid insulting someone's honesty and character based on their saying that they enjoy rants by people all over the map (some of which, based on the variety, he must disagree with). I have found that I can enjoy speeches by people I disagree with. While most of Alex Jones' rants are fantastical and accusatory not all of them are. Since you do not know which speeches/rants the OP comment found particularly enjoyable, there is not enough information to make a deductive conclusion.
- FLUX-YOU 8y ago>if these companies are going to revoke his 1st Amendment protections The first amendment has nothing to do with getting moderated on a private company platform.
- burnallofit 8y agoThis, and it deserves to be underscored: IW/AJ continue to enjoy every single bit of 1st Amendment protection that they did before these bans.
- ryanwatkins_ 8y agoPrepare for alt-tech to spring forth as free utilities offered to people and don't be surprised when the social media giants drop in their stock (which they are already doing). Absolutely pathetic.
- cmurf 8y agoAs someone who studied actual political science at university and learned triangulation methods on multiple news sources, and how to unwind bias, Info Wars cannot be unwound. It is 100% bullpucky. It's entertainment. Not a bit of it is news, newsworthy, factual or information. It is functionally junk food that has zero nutritional value.
- ryanwatkins_ 8y agoOh gee wiz, we got a political science student who studied at a heavily left-wing biased university telling us that policing speech is great for the west...