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Rep. Nunes Calls for Racketeering Investigation into Big Tech Companies

25 points by rmason 6y ago

thoughtsunific4 6y ago
Until Hacker News deletes this account they will be promoting the following: - 9/11 never happened. - Jews were responsible for the propagation of Communism. - New Testament is false
bsder 6y ago
I am having lots of schadenfreude as the problems that the "libs" have been bitching about (lack of options in platforms--for example) suddenly are now biting the right wing. See this tiny violin. I don't even have that much sympathy for you all.
- trentnix 6y ago
  So instead of recognizing your opportunity to make progress on the issue, you just enjoy watching the “other side” get poleaxed. That today’s political climate in a nutshell.
  - bsder 6y ago
    There is no "opportunity" to be had here and thinking that way wastes resources that are better spent elsewhere. The "right" doesn't act on "policy" and never change their votes. When the "outrage" dies out because it's not being fed by propaganda, the "right" will completely forget about election security, tech monopolies, etc. and will go back to opposing all those things because they are proposed by "The Libs". And those of us working toward those things will simply continue to slog through the hard work of slowly building support.
    - salawat 6y ago
      Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle... >There is no "opportunity" to be had here and thinking that way wastes resources that are better spent elsewhere. The "left" doesn't act on "policy" and never change their votes. >When the "outrage" dies out because it's not being fed by propaganda, the "left" will completely forget about elections, demonopolization, free speech, etc. and will go back to opposing all those things because they are proposed by "The Conservatives". >And those of us working toward those things will simply continue to slog through the hard work of slowly building support. But hey, who are we kidding, there aren't two sides. It's crazy all the way around.
      - bsder 6y ago
        > There is no "opportunity" to be had here and thinking that way wastes resources that are better spent elsewhere. The "left" doesn't act on "policy" and never change their votes. The left does act on policy and actually does punish their representatives--FAR more so than the right. We have the studies on this. They were even posted in here. So, I have to ask, why didn't you quote those studies when changing my words to make an erroneous statement contradicted with evidence? Congratulations: people like you are exactly the reason why this isn't an opportunity. People like you are more interested in whataboutism, false equivalence, and spreading false information rather than in working on positive policy changes.
slg 6y ago
>Nunes also said the CEOs of the companies should be prosecuted criminally. He also said he has been talking to fellow members of Congress and that they’re exploring their legal options. And he also called on the Supreme Court and federal judges to step in and intervene. It is really annoying when we have government officials who fundamentally don't understand how our government or its laws work.
- bobbygoodlatte 6y ago
  He knows how they work — but he also knows his constituents don't know how they work. And they don't care how they work. So he says what his voters want to hear. It's bad faith, intellectual dishonesty, and cowardice. And sadly: it's the norm. Too many elected officials value their political career over doing the right thing. I think that's probably the strongest argument for term limits: being a professional politician just shouldn't exist as a career track.
  - mech422 6y ago
    I'm hoping Brand New Congress(1) actually makes some progress.. We won't get any real change until we get term limits (and then campaign finance reform) and we won't get that till the current incumbents are out. 1) https://brandnewcongress.org/ https://brandnewcongress.org/
    - gabereiser 6y ago
      Term limits and abolishment of salary for life. Yes.
      - mech422 6y ago
        I'm actually not too upset about the pension/salary... What floored me was learning ex-prez's get a $1 million travel allowance/year! That seems a bit excessive, to say the least :-P
        6y ago
thoughtsunific6 6y ago
9/11 never happened.
thoughtsunifi10 6y ago
All of you at Hacker News are going to die you piss of shits. You and your families will be killed. See you soon pretty blood!
cosmiccatnap 6y ago
https://xkcd.com/1357/ https://xkcd.com/1357/

25 points by rmason 6y ago

Until Hacker News deletes this account they will be promoting the following: - 9/11 never happened. - Jews were responsible for the propagation of Communism. - New Testament is false

bsder 6y ago

I am having lots of schadenfreude as the problems that the "libs" have been bitching about (lack of options in platforms--for example) suddenly are now biting the right wing. See this tiny violin. I don't even have that much sympathy for you all.

trentnix 6y ago
So instead of recognizing your opportunity to make progress on the issue, you just enjoy watching the “other side” get poleaxed. That today’s political climate in a nutshell.
- bsder 6y ago
  There is no "opportunity" to be had here and thinking that way wastes resources that are better spent elsewhere. The "right" doesn't act on "policy" and never change their votes. When the "outrage" dies out because it's not being fed by propaganda, the "right" will completely forget about election security, tech monopolies, etc. and will go back to opposing all those things because they are proposed by "The Libs". And those of us working toward those things will simply continue to slog through the hard work of slowly building support.
  - salawat 6y ago
    Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle... >There is no "opportunity" to be had here and thinking that way wastes resources that are better spent elsewhere. The "left" doesn't act on "policy" and never change their votes. >When the "outrage" dies out because it's not being fed by propaganda, the "left" will completely forget about elections, demonopolization, free speech, etc. and will go back to opposing all those things because they are proposed by "The Conservatives". >And those of us working toward those things will simply continue to slog through the hard work of slowly building support. But hey, who are we kidding, there aren't two sides. It's crazy all the way around.
    - bsder 6y ago
      > There is no "opportunity" to be had here and thinking that way wastes resources that are better spent elsewhere. The "left" doesn't act on "policy" and never change their votes. The left does act on policy and actually does punish their representatives--FAR more so than the right. We have the studies on this. They were even posted in here. So, I have to ask, why didn't you quote those studies when changing my words to make an erroneous statement contradicted with evidence? Congratulations: people like you are exactly the reason why this isn't an opportunity. People like you are more interested in whataboutism, false equivalence, and spreading false information rather than in working on positive policy changes.

slg 6y ago

>Nunes also said the CEOs of the companies should be prosecuted criminally. He also said he has been talking to fellow members of Congress and that they’re exploring their legal options. And he also called on the Supreme Court and federal judges to step in and intervene. It is really annoying when we have government officials who fundamentally don't understand how our government or its laws work.

bobbygoodlatte 6y ago
He knows how they work — but he also knows his constituents don't know how they work. And they don't care how they work. So he says what his voters want to hear. It's bad faith, intellectual dishonesty, and cowardice. And sadly: it's the norm. Too many elected officials value their political career over doing the right thing. I think that's probably the strongest argument for term limits: being a professional politician just shouldn't exist as a career track.
- mech422 6y ago
  I'm hoping Brand New Congress(1) actually makes some progress.. We won't get any real change until we get term limits (and then campaign finance reform) and we won't get that till the current incumbents are out. 1) https://brandnewcongress.org/ https://brandnewcongress.org/
  - gabereiser 6y ago
    Term limits and abolishment of salary for life. Yes.
    - mech422 6y ago
      I'm actually not too upset about the pension/salary... What floored me was learning ex-prez's get a $1 million travel allowance/year! That seems a bit excessive, to say the least :-P
      - 6y ago

thoughtsunific6 6y ago

9/11 never happened.

thoughtsunifi10 6y ago

All of you at Hacker News are going to die you piss of shits. You and your families will be killed. See you soon pretty blood!

cosmiccatnap 6y ago

https://xkcd.com/1357/ https://xkcd.com/1357/