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I have no sympathy for FB, Twitter, YouTube (or Disney, for that matter). Corporations need to be reined in and put in their place, even if Republicans in Texas
by EddieDante 4y ago
I have no sympathy for FB, Twitter, YouTube (or Disney, for that matter). Corporations need to be reined in and put in their place, even if Republicans in Texas and Florida are going about it in ways I don't necessarily agree with for reasons I think are batshit crazy.
- jfengel 4y agoIf they go about it for batshit crazy reasons, they'll do it in batshit crazy ways, and almost certainly make it worse instead of better.
- EddieDante 4y agoCase in point: Josh Hawley's bill to reduce copyright to 56 years max. Even if it got through Congress and signed into law it would probably get challenged for contravening a bunch of international copyright treaties to which the US is a signatory. It's like Republicans are so high on the "America First" Flavor-Aid that the concept of "treaty obligations" is as utterly foreign to them as the notion of learning to speak a little French if you're going to visit France.
- 7speter 4y agoI just think its en vogue and politically advantageous for republicans to attack disney right now.
- EddieDante 4y agoI've hated Disney even longer than I've hated Republicans, so I'm happy to see them go at each other. I just wish they'd do it with weapons more potent than harsh language.
- throwawaymanbot 4y ago
- tragictrash 4y agoYou don't want the future you're advocating for.
- EddieDante 4y ago
- MrMan 4y agowow who the hell are you, hating Disney so much that you want weapons involved? there has to be more to your story.
- chownie 4y agoGP is pretty obviously referring to litigation or legislation, not literally weaponry.
- EddieDante 4y agoAs tempting as it might be to literally nuke Disney, actually doing so would entail too much collateral damage. So I'd be happy to see Disney go the way of Standard Oil. There's nothing wrong with megacorps like Disney that can't be fixed with vigorous antitrust persecution.
- Rapzid 4y agoYeah, and that's not really "their place"; that being the correct place? Or does any place they are put do?
- EddieDante 4y agoAs far as I'm concerned, corporations are not people, should not have rights, and should be treated as privately owned/operated state agencies with narrowly-defined powers enumerated in their charters. They should be subject to immediate dissolution should they overstep their authority -- and the executives responsible should face criminal liability.
- alistairSH 4y agoHow does banning Trump, Nazis, and outright liars overstep Twitter's authority? I agree that a companies are not people but they also aren't the proverbial public-square. Why should Twitter be subject to laws that the daily newspaper is not? WaPo, USAToday, etc aren't required to publish Trump's rants, Nazi propaganda, or anti-science nonsense.
- rakeman 4y agoI agree with this one, as much as I hate to say it. Twitter pays to host its website, the infrastructure, advertising, etc. So just as a company would have you escorted off the premises or arrested for saying something they don't like, Twitter should have the right to moderate their platform as they see fit. Though my personal belief is that no information should be censored except child pornography.
- Rapzid 4y agoYeah, I supported their right to ban Trump and actually agreed with it. I support Elon's right to unban him if he purchases Twitter too even though I'm of mixed feelings about it. Disassociation is a type of speech and the other, very important IMHO, side of the 1st amendment coin.
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