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Lol, good luck with that. Free speech has a price. Private companies don’t owe you anything, especially if you exist to spreads malaise. I’ve been having a goo

Lol, good luck with that. Free speech has a price. Private companies don’t owe you anything, especially if you exist to spreads malaise. I’ve been having a good laugh at Parler folk and their sympathizers.

cynoclast 6y ago
Yes, the price is the blood of tyrants.
throwaway3699 6y ago
I really hope you realize how the history books will record this if this all goes South. You're cheering on big tech's unchecked power to destroy a business it doesn't like in < 24 hours. My prediction is this will only radicalise people further by giving them a persecution complex.
- adrr 6y ago
  Country is a failed state if the policies are dictated by the terrorists that stormed the capital. Our decisions to serve who we want should not be dictated by threats of violence.
  - azangru 6y ago
    > Country is a failed state if the policies are dictated by the terrorists that stormed the capital. Our decisions <...> should not be dictated by threats of violence. How is this relevant in Parler's case? It is not demanding any state policy changes. It is not threatening anyone with violence. It just wants to be open for business, so that its users, including Trump supporters, could talk to each other.
    - adrr 6y ago
      Amazon wants to keep their large enterprise customers happy who complained about being hosted along side a xmm on controversial site. Are you saying Amazon can’t pick and choose customers and should be forced to lose money if they get boycotted by other customers that want to be as far away from controversial sites as possible?
  - NetOpWibby 6y ago
    EDIT: Just reread your comment and I agree.
- NetOpWibby 6y ago
  These people already have a persecution complex, they shouldn't be allowed to proliferate because of "what ifs." They've already shown what they can do, unchecked. Shutting down Parler and others like them is for the greater good. EDIT: Also, Amazon told them to moderate their content or get booted. Parler didn't do so, got booted.
peytn 6y ago
I don’t know what exactly is on Parler and I don’t care. Millions of real people were using it to share their genuine ideas about how their country should be. Laugh at me all you want.
refurb 6y ago
Private companies don’t owe you anything In some cases (not saying this one), in fact they do owe you. "Four men wearing Nazi lapel pins who were refused service and evicted from a German restaurant in Torrance won a legal victory Thursday when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that their civil rights were violated." [1]https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-11-mn-1358-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-11-mn-1358-s...
- NetOpWibby 6y ago
  Wow, this article was published a month before I was born! I'm not sure that particular case matters in 2021 but hey, a broken clock is right twice a day.
  - refurb 6y ago
    You’re saying old cases don’t matter? You realize that the court system works on precedent, right?
dazc 6y ago
Will you be laughing when Big Tech don't get the payback they're hoping for and start playing against your side instead?
- NetOpWibby 6y ago
  I don't know what you're talking about. What "payback" would they hope for? What's my side? No terrorist insurrection and madness against me and my loved ones? Quite difficult to see that play out.
  - dazc 6y ago
    Payback by way of an easy ride with the incoming administration. I was jumping to conclusions regarding what side you're on but the tone of your comment suggested left wing? You will learn over the coming years that silencing ones critics does not make them go away or make them less angry. What you will find is that moderates, such as myself, who want a balanced view of what is actually going on will be forced to seek out information from sources which become more and more partisan and extreme in their tone. Neither of us really wants this to happen but this is the road you currently appear willing to travel.
    - NetOpWibby 6y ago
      It's kinda sad that being against hate is considered left wing but yes, you're right. I do tend to favor ideals of the left (the right doesn't seem to be welcoming of Black men like myself). I think we've already seen how terrible things can go when veering too far right and I'm HOPING the ones in/come into power will be mindful enough to compensate. While I strike a positive tone with the implosion of Parler, I am not blind to what could feasible happen to other communities. I am sympathetic to the trials of the sex industry, what with Patreon and payment providers effectively cutting off their livelihoods. A truly balanced view of the news is not happening, even with A.I. assisted processes (human bias is embedded in A.I.) but I think that's your best bet.

cynoclast 6y ago

Yes, the price is the blood of tyrants.

throwaway3699 6y ago

I really hope you realize how the history books will record this if this all goes South. You're cheering on big tech's unchecked power to destroy a business it doesn't like in < 24 hours. My prediction is this will only radicalise people further by giving them a persecution complex.

adrr 6y ago
Country is a failed state if the policies are dictated by the terrorists that stormed the capital. Our decisions to serve who we want should not be dictated by threats of violence.
- azangru 6y ago
  > Country is a failed state if the policies are dictated by the terrorists that stormed the capital. Our decisions <...> should not be dictated by threats of violence. How is this relevant in Parler's case? It is not demanding any state policy changes. It is not threatening anyone with violence. It just wants to be open for business, so that its users, including Trump supporters, could talk to each other.
  - adrr 6y ago
    Amazon wants to keep their large enterprise customers happy who complained about being hosted along side a xmm on controversial site. Are you saying Amazon can’t pick and choose customers and should be forced to lose money if they get boycotted by other customers that want to be as far away from controversial sites as possible?
- NetOpWibby 6y ago
  EDIT: Just reread your comment and I agree.
NetOpWibby 6y ago
These people already have a persecution complex, they shouldn't be allowed to proliferate because of "what ifs." They've already shown what they can do, unchecked. Shutting down Parler and others like them is for the greater good. EDIT: Also, Amazon told them to moderate their content or get booted. Parler didn't do so, got booted.

peytn 6y ago

I don’t know what exactly is on Parler and I don’t care. Millions of real people were using it to share their genuine ideas about how their country should be. Laugh at me all you want.

refurb 6y ago

Private companies don’t owe you anything In some cases (not saying this one), in fact they do owe you. "Four men wearing Nazi lapel pins who were refused service and evicted from a German restaurant in Torrance won a legal victory Thursday when a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled that their civil rights were violated." [1]https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-11-mn-1358-story.html https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-03-11-mn-1358-s...

NetOpWibby 6y ago
Wow, this article was published a month before I was born! I'm not sure that particular case matters in 2021 but hey, a broken clock is right twice a day.
- refurb 6y ago
  You’re saying old cases don’t matter? You realize that the court system works on precedent, right?

dazc 6y ago

Will you be laughing when Big Tech don't get the payback they're hoping for and start playing against your side instead?

NetOpWibby 6y ago
I don't know what you're talking about. What "payback" would they hope for? What's my side? No terrorist insurrection and madness against me and my loved ones? Quite difficult to see that play out.
- dazc 6y ago
  Payback by way of an easy ride with the incoming administration. I was jumping to conclusions regarding what side you're on but the tone of your comment suggested left wing? You will learn over the coming years that silencing ones critics does not make them go away or make them less angry. What you will find is that moderates, such as myself, who want a balanced view of what is actually going on will be forced to seek out information from sources which become more and more partisan and extreme in their tone. Neither of us really wants this to happen but this is the road you currently appear willing to travel.
  - NetOpWibby 6y ago
    It's kinda sad that being against hate is considered left wing but yes, you're right. I do tend to favor ideals of the left (the right doesn't seem to be welcoming of Black men like myself). I think we've already seen how terrible things can go when veering too far right and I'm HOPING the ones in/come into power will be mindful enough to compensate. While I strike a positive tone with the implosion of Parler, I am not blind to what could feasible happen to other communities. I am sympathetic to the trials of the sex industry, what with Patreon and payment providers effectively cutting off their livelihoods. A truly balanced view of the news is not happening, even with A.I. assisted processes (human bias is embedded in A.I.) but I think that's your best bet.