Deplatform Parler good or bad?

[Edge-]

Yep, you do.

Yes, and? This isn't McCarthy saying everything is evidence of red spies.

Instead, we have actual evidence of the threat of extremists in the military, both active duty and veterans. Like, hard-evidence. Including a guy that just got stopped who was trying to blow up the fuckin 9/11 memorial - https://apnews.com/article/new-york-...b981ab0e5e3687

So still, nah.

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its funny how republicans and right wing nuts forget what they did to the Dixie chicks all because they said something bad once about Bush.

all in the name of "sticking up for our country".

Oh how we've come full circle with these nuts

And that they went on to continue to have great success afterwards.

[Felya]

Well, at least now you understand how people felt about "enemies of the state" in Stalin's 30s.

I’m sorry... what? When did getting kicked off Twitter become a gulag... if Twitter existed in Russia and banned Stalin, its owners would be shot...



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor

[Zan15]

And that they went on to continue to have great success afterwards.

Kind of seems to be a trend with these right wing 'boycotts"

Nike is up like 40% since the boycott.
Sports seems to be doing just fine.
Twitters recovered from 2 boycotts, should be fine on this 3rd one.
etc etc etc.

Same can't be said for those right wing nuts that get "canceled"

Still waiting for all that proof Bill O'Reilly said he had that him being canceled was because of "fake news" and lies. He was going to blow the lid waaaaaaaaaay open on the huge conspiracy of cancel culture on him.

[Shalcker]

Yes, and? This isn't McCarthy saying everything is evidence of red spies.

It isn't about facts behind it - though obviously papers at the time presented facts as they were reported too (that you had about as much ability to prove or disprove as that "12 extremist supporters in National Guard").

It's about feelings people had about others being repressed for reasons they had seen as just - as well as reporting their neighbors and even family members to authorities with absolute conviction that they are doing right thing.

[Edge-]

It isn't about facts behind it - though obviously papers at the time presented facts as they were reported too (that you had about as much ability to prove or disprove as that "12 extremist supporters in National Guard").

It's about feelings people had about others being repressed for reasons they had seen as just - as well as reporting their neighbors and even family members to authorities with absolute conviction that they are doing right thing.

As conservatives love to say, facts don't care about your feelings.

And I'm not sure if I care that the piece of shit governor of Texas is upset about this. In fact, I definitely don't care.

But if you wanna spin this into McCarthyism, by all means go for it. I ain't gonna stop you any more than I'll stop someone terrified of our reptilian overlords using our meatsacks as hosts for their eggs.

[Shalcker]

As conservatives love to say, facts don't care about your feelings.

And I'm not sure if I care that the piece of shit governor of Texas is upset about this. In fact, I definitely don't care.

Yes, people generally don't reflect on those things as they happen.

It's still fascinating to see how fast people can turn.

[Edge-]

It's still fascinating to see how fast people can turn.

What? I've always been proud to hold the "facts don't care about your feelings" crowd to their word. Always.

[Diaphin]

So what do you think, how much of Parler was people sharing child pornography? Considering how 8chan became basically all about that topic with their muh free speech no bans policy.

[Moralgy]

Ok, if you can show proof of this where the post itself was allowed to stay up and the user not getting banned, you have a point. Otherwise, this site is known to take down posts or shut down threads quickly if they talk about inciting violence.

Yea i meant parlor and their allowing of "this man is going to die soon for banning trump" kinda posts that just sat there not being removed.

[gondrin]

Yea i meant parlor and their allowing of "this man is going to die soon for banning trump" kinda posts that just sat there not being removed.

As I said, my brain decided to fail me at a critical moment and I lost the saving throw. My apologies on misinterpreting.

[Sole-Warrior]

The only issue with Parler is they lack a proper filtering system to stop child pornography. Once they get that issue addressed they should be replatformed. You don't get to blame a platform because people on there were encouraging aggressive protesting in the capitol.

[Endus]

The only issue with Parler is they lack a proper filtering system to stop child pornography. Once they get that issue addressed they should be replatformed. You don't get to blame a platform because people on there were encouraging aggressive protesting in the capitol.

Why not?

Why shouldn't other people be free to choose not to do business with them for such a reason?

You realize you're attacking basic human freedoms, right?

[s_bushido]

The only issue with Parler is they lack a proper filtering system to stop child pornography. Once they get that issue addressed they should be replatformed. You don't get to blame a platform because people on there were encouraging aggressive protesting in the capitol.

If you believe it's wrong to hold them accountable for hosting calls/plans for the murder of politicians and the overthrow of the government, why do you think it's ok to hold them accountable for hosting child pornography?

[postman1782]

The only issue with Parler is they lack a proper filtering system to stop child pornography. Once they get that issue addressed they should be replatformed. You don't get to blame a platform because people on there were encouraging aggressive protesting in the capitol.

They weren't just encouraging aggressive protesting, they were trying to overthrow a democratically elected president, and they were trying to commit treason in some of them, that and they wanted to kill Pence, Pelosi, Schumer, AOC, and the other Squad members, and literally anyone they could get ahold of. There were months of examples shown in their Amazon's defense papers.

[Machismo]

The only issue with Parler is they lack a proper filtering system to stop child pornography. Once they get that issue addressed they should be replatformed. You don't get to blame a platform because people on there were encouraging aggressive protesting in the capitol.

There's also that whole little issue of them welcoming Nazis with open arms.

Some people don't want to do business with Nazis.

[zealo]

The only issue with Parler is they lack a proper filtering system to stop child pornography. Once they get that issue addressed they should be replatformed. You don't get to blame a platform because people on there were encouraging aggressive protesting in the capitol.

When the platform holder refused to address the issues of far right extremism on there that got them kicked off from AWS and app stores, which they had ample notice off from Microsoft, Amazon et al, you absolutely do get to blame them for that.

[Zan15]

The only issue with Parler is they lack a proper filtering system to stop child pornography. Once they get that issue addressed they should be replatformed. You don't get to blame a platform because people on there were encouraging aggressive protesting in the capitol.

They could all dress in yellow, as men and spam pictures thread after thread

....and amazon can say....."WTF we do not want that shit on our servers"

i mean its fucking yellow. could you blame them?

[Felya]

The only issue with Parler is they lack a proper filtering system to stop child pornography. Once they get that issue addressed they should be replatformed. You don't get to blame a platform because people on there were encouraging aggressive protesting in the capitol.

But, you do get to blame the platform for kicking those people off the platform? What? Isn’t that a double standard?

[Breccia]

Twitch suspends Trump indefinitely.

[Sole-Warrior]

If you believe it's wrong to hold them accountable for hosting calls/plans for the murder of politicians and the overthrow of the government, why do you think it's ok to hold them accountable for hosting child pornography?

It's difficult to tell the difference between trolling and actual threats. It's relatively easy for Parler to install PhotoDNA or some similar system to screen out known child pornography to keep that off their platforms. There is no reason to permit CP on their platforms. But for free speech purposes, there is plenty of reasons to allow raw emotion on their platform such as the expressions of the desire to kill. It's healthy and good to express rage and anger. Venting is healthy. There is, however no excuse for Parler to ignore the CP issues on their platform.