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Cool, how about some specific references to settled cases that are relevant to the situation rather than vague references to law books? Back in the day, I reme

Cool, how about some specific references to settled cases that are relevant to the situation rather than vague references to law books? Back in the day, I remember how Tipper Gore was all about warning us of the dangers of explicit lyrics and videos and she wasn't a conservative or have I lost track of who's on which team? Disliking what became of one political party because of the embrace of a demagogue does not necessarily make one a strong adherent of the other leading brand or is that too nuanced for you? I support the rights of social media sites to moderate content as they see fit and I support the rights of their customers to take their business elsewhere if they don't like how it's run. I won't be going into Hobby Lobby anytime soon nor will I be going to Carl's Jr, but I'm also not going to tell them how to run their businesses. I think that's where we really differ here. Facebook and Twitter will ultimately fall to superior successors that catch the zeitgeist just like they did. But not on any of our schedules.

freedomben 5y ago
Hobby Lobby I know, but why not Carl's Jr? Edit: Ah, I see the founder (who died in 2008) donated and supported anti-gay causes and anti-abortion
dragonwriter 5y ago
> Back in the day, I remember how Tipper Gore was all about warning us of the dangers of explicit lyrics and videos and she wasn't a conservative Al Gore was long known as a conservative Democrat, and his taking up his wife's singular political issue was in line with that; in fact the WSJ complained about his supposed reinvention as a liberal in 2000 during the campaign. (Weirdly, complaining that he had done so in aligning with Clinton, who also was, even as President, a conservative Democrat; this was a partisan campaign hitpiece more than anything, Gore’s actual reinvention as anything but a conservative Democrat didn't really happen until after he was out of electoral politics, when he became a single-issue campaigner on climate change.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB966909158678552096 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB966909158678552096

freedomben 5y ago

Hobby Lobby I know, but why not Carl's Jr? Edit: Ah, I see the founder (who died in 2008) donated and supported anti-gay causes and anti-abortion

dragonwriter 5y ago

> Back in the day, I remember how Tipper Gore was all about warning us of the dangers of explicit lyrics and videos and she wasn't a conservative Al Gore was long known as a conservative Democrat, and his taking up his wife's singular political issue was in line with that; in fact the WSJ complained about his supposed reinvention as a liberal in 2000 during the campaign. (Weirdly, complaining that he had done so in aligning with Clinton, who also was, even as President, a conservative Democrat; this was a partisan campaign hitpiece more than anything, Gore’s actual reinvention as anything but a conservative Democrat didn't really happen until after he was out of electoral politics, when he became a single-issue campaigner on climate change.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB966909158678552096 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB966909158678552096