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I assume it's because Republicans are, on average, more butthurt about technology companies of late because of the bare minimum level of fact checking some of t

I assume it's because Republicans are, on average, more butthurt about technology companies of late because of the bare minimum level of fact checking some of the social platforms have engaged in during the most recent election cycle. Regardless, Google should be nailed against the wall, and though there is little doubt in my mind they will in absolutely no way be appropriately punished for their poor behaviour, it's difficult to complain about people taking shots at them.

willis936 5y ago
Could you expound on "bare minimum level of fact checking "? It seems to me that one tribe was proportionately de-platformed for their violations of ToS and is unhappy with not having the power to do something about it. If the road to hell is paved with good intentions then maybe the road to heaven is paved with bad intentions?
- jclulow 5y ago
  Don't be taken in by the idea that balance for the sake of balance is some kind of absolute good. If I say that the earth is flat, and you say that the earth is round, the newspaper headline probably shouldn't be that nobody can agree on what shape the earth is. One tribe, as it happens, says rather a lot more daft and dangerous things than the other. It's not possible to _hope and good cheer_ someone into doing something, but it is possible to _terrify_ them with angry rhetoric and falsehoods. I think people who are making a bunch of shit up should probably not be given a megaphone, whether they're speaking for my tribe or yours.
  - mrobot 5y ago
    Except both tribes put out slightly difference flavors of the one major falsehood: that US foreign policy helps anyone, anywhere, for any reason, ever.
    - juanani 5y ago
      As long as the tribes think voting makes a difference, let em vote.
KennyBlanken 5y ago
I assumed it was because of the major tech industry presence in the states that are conspicuously absent. Offices and datacenters, and thus lobbyists on retainer. I admit I'm not very current on this stuff, but isn't Texas one of the few states in that list that has a sizeable number of datacenters?

willis936 5y ago

Could you expound on "bare minimum level of fact checking "? It seems to me that one tribe was proportionately de-platformed for their violations of ToS and is unhappy with not having the power to do something about it. If the road to hell is paved with good intentions then maybe the road to heaven is paved with bad intentions?

jclulow 5y ago
Don't be taken in by the idea that balance for the sake of balance is some kind of absolute good. If I say that the earth is flat, and you say that the earth is round, the newspaper headline probably shouldn't be that nobody can agree on what shape the earth is. One tribe, as it happens, says rather a lot more daft and dangerous things than the other. It's not possible to _hope and good cheer_ someone into doing something, but it is possible to _terrify_ them with angry rhetoric and falsehoods. I think people who are making a bunch of shit up should probably not be given a megaphone, whether they're speaking for my tribe or yours.
- mrobot 5y ago
  Except both tribes put out slightly difference flavors of the one major falsehood: that US foreign policy helps anyone, anywhere, for any reason, ever.
  - juanani 5y ago
    As long as the tribes think voting makes a difference, let em vote.

KennyBlanken 5y ago

I assumed it was because of the major tech industry presence in the states that are conspicuously absent. Offices and datacenters, and thus lobbyists on retainer. I admit I'm not very current on this stuff, but isn't Texas one of the few states in that list that has a sizeable number of datacenters?