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Why not? Deplatform all the politicians -- at least the 95% who actively lie and work against the interests of the American people. While we're at it, kick th
by pmiller2 6y ago
Why not? Deplatform all the politicians -- at least the 95% who actively lie and work against the interests of the American people. While we're at it, kick them out of Washington on their asses. Nothing of value will be lost.
- smsm42 6y agoThat's not how it works. Instead, politicians are deplatforming what they want. You don't control the process, they do. Even if in the moment they deplatform people that you dislike, never think you have any control over it.
- pmiller2 6y agoIf Donald Trump holds a press conference and nobody comes, does it make a sound?
- smsm42 6y agoA better question is - do you think current politicians are so perfect that you can trust them with controlling who can and can not have press conferences? Surely they would never abuse it for any other ends when they're done with Donald Trump!
- pmiller2 6y agoWho ever said anything about politicians controlling who can have press conferences? I can't even characterize that as a straw man, because it has no basis in anything I said.
- smsm42 6y agoPoliticians control censors on Twitter (you don't think it's random that all prominent politicians from the right are censored and all prominent politicians from the left are not?) and Facebook. Censors control who gets access to the public discussions. Ergo, politicians control access to public discussions.
- pmiller2 6y agoPoliticians are not directing Twitter to censor anyone. That would violate the first amendment. Why haven't these "censored" politicians won any lawsuits to get un-censored, then? Your argument falls flat on its face.
- smsm42 6y ago> That would violate the first amendment. No it would not, since they are not doing it by means of the law. They do not need to force them by law, because key figures in Twitter and prominent leftist politicians belong to the same party and work for the same common goal - elimination of any possibility of dissenting from the partisan platform in any public space, and strict uni-party control of all speech on the internet (at least within the United States). > Why haven't these "censored" politicians won any lawsuits to get un-censored, then Because Twitter is a private company not covered by First Amendment, duh...