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The extent to which people and organisations should be permitted private property 'rights' always needs to be weighed up against the public good, and this is no

The extent to which people and organisations should be permitted private property 'rights' always needs to be weighed up against the public good, and this is no exception.

hash872 5y ago
He was suspended for inciting a coup against a democratically elected government. Are coup attempts part of the public good?
- slumdev 5y ago
  This is demonstrably false. There was no coup attempt, only a peaceful protest. The protestors were happy to remain outside. There's video evidence of Alex Jones using a megaphone to tell the protestors to walk around the building to the other side, specifically not to enter it. The protestors were allowed into the building by Capitol Police. The Capitol Police opened the doors for them and ushered them in, offering no resistance. There's video evidence of this as well. The only casualties were Ashli Babbitt, who was murdered by a still-unidentified member of Capitol staff, and those people who were assaulted by Capitol Police the following evening after the cameras were turned off.
  - matchbok 5y ago
    Wow, such delusion here. I guess broken doors and windows means peaceful now? Police officers getting stomped on? Pepper sprayed? Breaking glass and destroying offices? Do your research kid. I can only hope you are joking.
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- trempisacent 5y ago
  It wasn't a coup attempt, it was a protest that became a riot. All this talk of a coup is really quite silly - you can't just break into the Capitol and then start running the country, somehow. If he did indeed incite a riot (and I personally think he likely did, to some extent), then that is a matter for the actual courts - not the kangaroo courts of the social media giants. The wider principle here isn't even about Trump really, it's about how much the power of online censorship has become concentrated into a handful of mostly unaccountable companies.

The extent to which people and organisations should be permitted private property 'rights' always needs to be weighed up against the public good, and this is no exception.

hash872 5y ago

He was suspended for inciting a coup against a democratically elected government. Are coup attempts part of the public good?

slumdev 5y ago
This is demonstrably false. There was no coup attempt, only a peaceful protest. The protestors were happy to remain outside. There's video evidence of Alex Jones using a megaphone to tell the protestors to walk around the building to the other side, specifically not to enter it. The protestors were allowed into the building by Capitol Police. The Capitol Police opened the doors for them and ushered them in, offering no resistance. There's video evidence of this as well. The only casualties were Ashli Babbitt, who was murdered by a still-unidentified member of Capitol staff, and those people who were assaulted by Capitol Police the following evening after the cameras were turned off.
- matchbok 5y ago
  Wow, such delusion here. I guess broken doors and windows means peaceful now? Police officers getting stomped on? Pepper sprayed? Breaking glass and destroying offices? Do your research kid. I can only hope you are joking.
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trempisacent 5y ago
It wasn't a coup attempt, it was a protest that became a riot. All this talk of a coup is really quite silly - you can't just break into the Capitol and then start running the country, somehow. If he did indeed incite a riot (and I personally think he likely did, to some extent), then that is a matter for the actual courts - not the kangaroo courts of the social media giants. The wider principle here isn't even about Trump really, it's about how much the power of online censorship has become concentrated into a handful of mostly unaccountable companies.