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His argument wasn't a legal one, it's a practical one. The majority of Republicans believe that their votes were stolen at the ballot box. They then got on th
by abernard1 6y ago
His argument wasn't a legal one, it's a practical one.
The majority of Republicans believe that their votes were stolen at the ballot box. They then got on their soap box to try to peacefully protest this outcome, which is legal, and what politics is about. They were cancelled and shut down at every avenue trying to exercise speech and protest. It doesn't matter that it's the legal right of Twitter to do this, it's that it is an extraordinarily demotivating action.
When people try the ballot box, and then the soap box, they've got one box left. Alienating and dehumanizing people is not an effective recipe for civil peace, even if it's a legal one.
- dang 6y agoPlease stop using HN for political battle. I had to go back almost three weeks to find a post like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25502390 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25502390. When accounts start using HN for political flamewar, we ban them, regardless of which politics they're battling for. It's not what HN is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- abernard1 6y agoI'm not. It's just that it happens that something relatively significant regarding politics and technology happened lately, and it's top of mind for my commenting. I was "deplatformed"--aka fired--from my tech job a couple months ago for political views. This is not a neutral issue. Thankfully I can retire, but not all people are so lucky. What's sad is that after 24 years of coding day and night, this issue so significant I refuse to continue to work in the tech industry. I love technology, but we're at the point where this industry isn't about technology any longer.