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I don’t want racists to have free reign on Facebook, and I don’t want Presidents to arbitrarily ban social networks they don’t like. And if you say it’s imposs

I don’t want racists to have free reign on Facebook, and I don’t want Presidents to arbitrarily ban social networks they don’t like. And if you say it’s impossible to have both: until 24h or so ago, we did have it both. And in 24 weeks, we will have it again.

unionpivo 6y ago
I have jet to see any politician voluntarily give away power. Other presidents might not use it or abuse it as much as Trump, but you are kidding yourself If you think that genie is getting back in the bottle. PS: I am not US citizen so just observer in this shit show that will affect us all.
- dfxm12 6y ago
  I have jet to see any politician voluntarily give away power. It's good thing that more than just the US presidency is up for grabs in November then! To those who can vote in that election, find out where your potential legislative representatives stand on issues related to executive power. They have the ability to limit it, whether the president volunteers or not.
DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago
> I don’t want racists to have free reign on Facebook And who says they should? 1. You can just argue against them, that's how free speech ideally works. 2. Being technically allowed to say anything online does not and should not imply any legal immunity. Beyond that, if they're not committing any crimes, racists are allowed to express their opinions online, whether we like it or not. 3. Facebook, so long as they admit they're not a neutral platform, are allowed to enforce their own community guidelines. If they, without government intervention decide to ban racists, that's on them. Unless the government prevents you from building an alternative service, of course.
xvector 6y ago
> And in 24 weeks, we will have it again. We will not, because such a move will be seen as pro-China and it’s not worth the political risk as the American population is fairly xenophobic. The Democrats, if they win, will almost certainly quietly ignore this legislation.

unionpivo 6y ago

I have jet to see any politician voluntarily give away power. Other presidents might not use it or abuse it as much as Trump, but you are kidding yourself If you think that genie is getting back in the bottle. PS: I am not US citizen so just observer in this shit show that will affect us all.

dfxm12 6y ago
I have jet to see any politician voluntarily give away power. It's good thing that more than just the US presidency is up for grabs in November then! To those who can vote in that election, find out where your potential legislative representatives stand on issues related to executive power. They have the ability to limit it, whether the president volunteers or not.

DarkWiiPlayer 6y ago

> I don’t want racists to have free reign on Facebook And who says they should? 1. You can just argue against them, that's how free speech ideally works. 2. Being technically allowed to say anything online does not and should not imply any legal immunity. Beyond that, if they're not committing any crimes, racists are allowed to express their opinions online, whether we like it or not. 3. Facebook, so long as they admit they're not a neutral platform, are allowed to enforce their own community guidelines. If they, without government intervention decide to ban racists, that's on them. Unless the government prevents you from building an alternative service, of course.

xvector 6y ago

> And in 24 weeks, we will have it again. We will not, because such a move will be seen as pro-China and it’s not worth the political risk as the American population is fairly xenophobic. The Democrats, if they win, will almost certainly quietly ignore this legislation.