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That's not my point. I don't like or listen to the guy, but your reaction shows precisely why they chose him. Who is next? If they can take down someone as voca

by aviv 8y ago

That's not my point. I don't like or listen to the guy, but your reaction shows precisely why they chose him. Who is next? If they can take down someone as vocal as Alex Jones, they can take down anyone.

darpa_escapee 8y ago
Let this be a lesson to us all. If you blatantly violate terms of service, there's no amount of harassing families of school shooting victims that will get your platform back.
- threatofrain 8y ago
  Banning people like Alex Jones won't unharass those parents either. People around the country still think that those parents lied about the death of their children in order to score financial or political gain. And what exactly is Alex Jones' brand of conservatism? Does it involve a narrative of white extinction and false black victimhood? Climate change as a conspiracy? Obama is a Muslim who isn't even a US citizen? What makes Alex Jones conservative?
  - darpa_escapee 8y ago
    You should ask someone who bemoans his removal as censorship against conservatives. > People around the country still think that those parents lied about the death of their children in order to score financial or political gain. Who made money originally selling them this lie and then perpetuating it?
  - scarface74 8y ago
    No it won't "unharass people" just like it won't stop people from seeing porn just because Apple doesn't sell "Debbie Does Dallas". Every private company has a brand that it wants to project.
scarface74 8y ago
Conservatives are always embracing the free market. If there were a market for his ideas, he should have no trouble finding funding, advertising, etc. If his ideas really are that popular, he should be able to create the conservative versions of Twitter, Facebook, etc. All of the FAANG companies started out competing against entrenched incumbents by offering a service they didn't. Why can't he do the same?
- sheepmullet 8y ago
  > If there were a market for his ideas, he should have no trouble finding funding, advertising, etc. Alex Jones will be fine. It’s the up and comers who are clearly being locked out of the market.
  - scarface74 8y ago
    You mean like a certain reality star that had no funding, was outspent by his rivals in the primary, who the conservative establishment fought against the entire time and still ended up becoming President? If your ideas are popular enough and you know how to market yourself, you don't have to be a sharecropper on FAANG's farm.

by aviv 8y ago

darpa_escapee 8y ago

Let this be a lesson to us all. If you blatantly violate terms of service, there's no amount of harassing families of school shooting victims that will get your platform back.

threatofrain 8y ago
Banning people like Alex Jones won't unharass those parents either. People around the country still think that those parents lied about the death of their children in order to score financial or political gain. And what exactly is Alex Jones' brand of conservatism? Does it involve a narrative of white extinction and false black victimhood? Climate change as a conspiracy? Obama is a Muslim who isn't even a US citizen? What makes Alex Jones conservative?
- darpa_escapee 8y ago
  You should ask someone who bemoans his removal as censorship against conservatives. > People around the country still think that those parents lied about the death of their children in order to score financial or political gain. Who made money originally selling them this lie and then perpetuating it?
- scarface74 8y ago
  No it won't "unharass people" just like it won't stop people from seeing porn just because Apple doesn't sell "Debbie Does Dallas". Every private company has a brand that it wants to project.

scarface74 8y ago

Conservatives are always embracing the free market. If there were a market for his ideas, he should have no trouble finding funding, advertising, etc. If his ideas really are that popular, he should be able to create the conservative versions of Twitter, Facebook, etc. All of the FAANG companies started out competing against entrenched incumbents by offering a service they didn't. Why can't he do the same?

sheepmullet 8y ago
> If there were a market for his ideas, he should have no trouble finding funding, advertising, etc. Alex Jones will be fine. It’s the up and comers who are clearly being locked out of the market.
- scarface74 8y ago
  You mean like a certain reality star that had no funding, was outspent by his rivals in the primary, who the conservative establishment fought against the entire time and still ended up becoming President? If your ideas are popular enough and you know how to market yourself, you don't have to be a sharecropper on FAANG's farm.