What part of what I typed can I explain for in further detail so you so you can understand it better?
Perhaps you could explain to me what "Free speech" and "What the big 3 control what you see" have to do with each other while you're at it. I'm going to assume you're trying to connect what you feel is a narrative being fed to the public by the big bad media somehow constraining what they're allowed to say as a result?
Again, I'm not totally sure you understand what free speech truly is.
Storming the Capitol and threatening to kill people, and actually killing one, evidently is at a different level from your garden-variety breaking and burning stuff that we saw earlier in the year. That got someone's attention.
The summer rioting at least had a somewhat-noble cause as an excuse ... police brutality and racism (which are real issues and are real, actual problems).
This one had a fundamentally illegal cause as its grounds ... attempting to overturn an election, an illegal act based upon "alternative facts" and propaganda arising from a corrupt occupant of the White House.
Storming the Capitol and threatening to kill people, and actually killing one, evidently is at a different level from your garden-variety breaking and burning stuff that we saw earlier in the year. That got someone's attention.
The summer rioting at least had a somewhat-noble cause as an excuse ... police brutality and racism (which are real issues and are real, actual problems).
This one had a fundamentally illegal cause as its grounds ... attempting to overturn an election, an illegal act based upon "alternative facts" and propaganda arising from a corrupt occupant of the White House.
Real problems or not, Twitter has drawn their line in the sand. Either they treat everyone else the same going forward or they prove not only bias but that their haven't got a shred of integrity.
Real problems or not, Twitter has drawn their line in the sand. Either they treat everyone else the same going forward or they prove not only bias but that their haven't got a shred of integrity.
Where's the line they have drawn? Lying? Inciting violence? Assembling protesters? There are a lot of ways what they could be be interpreted and applied going forward.
It was easy to cut the head off the snake with Trump as he was clearly the leader of a movement. Decentralized movements like BLM are much harder to deal with as there is no clear organizational structure.
For what it's worth, I don't expect twitter to have any integrity. The same as every other corporation that took a government handout in 2020 even if it wasn't necessary to survive. They are all in it for #1 and could give a flying (*&(* about integrity if it makes them more money. It would be nice if they had it, but it is an unrealistic expectation in todays society unfortunately.
Where's the line they have drawn? Lying? Inciting violence? Assembling protesters? There are a lot of ways what they could be be interpreted and applied going forward.
It was easy to cut the head off the snake with Trump as he was clearly the leader of a movement. Decentralized movements like BLM are much harder to deal with as there is no clear organizational structure.
For what it's worth, I don't expect twitter to have any integrity. The same as every other corporation that took a government handout in 2020 even if it wasn't necessary to survive. They are all in it for #1 and could give a flying (*&(* about integrity if it makes them more money. It would be nice if they had it, but it is an unrealistic expectation in todays society unfortunately.
An image that seems to threaten former President Donald Trump has prompted Twitter to deactivate an account linked to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The image also appears on Khameini's website.
What part of what I typed can I explain for in further detail so you so you can understand it better?
Perhaps you could explain to me what "Free speech" and "What the big 3 control what you see" have to do with each other while you're at it. I'm going to assume you're trying to connect what you feel is a narrative being fed to the public by the big bad media somehow constraining what they're allowed to say as a result?
Again, I'm not totally sure you understand what free speech truly is.
If you don't understand what I am saying . I can't help you .
I came from a communist country . I have a practical experience when it comes to free speech . You will be experiencing it soon . If things don't change with the big 3 .
If you don't understand what I am saying . I can't help you .
I came from a communist country . I have a practical experience when it comes to free speech . You will be experiencing it soon . If things don't change with the big 3 .
There seems to be a bit of heat towards Twitter being posted. If you're that concerned about "Big 3" trampling your (interpretation of) free speech (yes, I'm talking to you, thbbft), when Twitter et al upgrade their ToSs, (probably soon, all things considered) and you scroll rapidly to the bottom of it, don't click on the I Agree button.
To be fair, I think a lot of people probably have trouble trying to understand what you're saying.
How about you just explain my question born out of your statement - how does the media control what YOU or I can say under commonly accepted free speech laws?
Before you attack the "accepted free speech laws", be reminded that there are limits to free speech, or in Canada specifically, Freedom of Expression - both have limits and neither are an absolute right, as would be the case with slander, libel, threats of violence, etc.
Back on your original argument, does some media feed a narrative? Absolutely. But I can completely turn off the media (or fawn and obsess over it 24 hours a day) and neither will have effected my free speech / freedom of expression one bit, so again, I fail to see the connection. How about explaining the thought process to us instead of just pulling a strawman argument on the topic.
Storming the Capitol and threatening to kill people, and actually killing one, evidently is at a different level from your garden-variety breaking and burning stuff that we saw earlier in the year. That got someone's attention.
The summer rioting at least had a somewhat-noble cause as an excuse ... police brutality and racism (which are real issues and are real, actual problems).
This one had a fundamentally illegal cause as its grounds ... attempting to overturn an election, an illegal act based upon "alternative facts" and propaganda arising from a corrupt occupant of the White House.
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