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    What do you believe about January 6th?

    No, it wasn't. It was quite poorly said, honestly. I'm honestly not sure what you're trying to imply, here. Are you suggesting Jan. 6 was some kind of inside job? Such as?
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    How big, then? At what point, exactly, do these new rules kick? How do you determine that? Why does 'serving a public function' automatically change things? I never said they were. My point was that they're allowed to speak out against trans-rights all they want, and haven't been hindered by...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    So Twitter has to be treated differently just because it's big? What if CF were to become as big as Twitter, would it have to change things up, too? As I understand it, the policy just people from deliberately referring to someone outside of their chosen pronoun or original name. It doesn't...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    I doubt that highly. I'd say they were misunderstanding the argument for gay marriage - or, at least, my argument for gay marriage. I would also point out that there's no set definition of what a marriage must and must not be and that the definition has changed over time as culture shift But...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    Are they doing that, though? I know that's the accusation, but I've actually yet to see any hard data to suggest that's the case. Individual cases are always brought up, but I can find cases where those on the left are banned over petty stuff, too. When you have systems this big, there's always...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    And nothing compared to what Twitter does. Keep in mind, Twitter's been around for years, pretty much everyone has it already, so beating it in the downloads isn't all that impressive at this point. We're still talking about a site that gets millions of hits versus one that gets billions. The...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    A 'massive number'? How many is a 'massive number? Because, as far as I can tell, there's been no mass migration of Twitter users to Parler. While it's true that Parler did get a boost around January, that didn't correspond with any real dip in Twitter's userbase. It's been steady around the 6...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    It is kind of fascinating to watch how conservative alternatives fair. Every time someplace like Parler or Rumble starts to gain traction, we hear from conservatives how they're all going to leave Twitter or YouTube and make their rivals more popular, how they're going to become true...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    You bet? Do you have anything to actually support that bet? Not your feelings on the matter, but actual, hard data? Well, let me fix that for you. Facebook purges left-wing pages and individuals Ben Shapiro doesn't do that? Steven Crowder doesn't do that? Tim Pool? Jesse Lee Peterson...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    You know, this isn't even remotely true. There are many - many - prominent conservatives on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube. Ben Shapiro, Steve Crowder, even Majorie Taylor Greene's nutty self. These are unashamed, unambiguous, 100% right-wing personalities, and they're quite outspoken on...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    Well, assuming it ever becomes the social media site he promised it to be.
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    Even if I accept that’s what going on, so what? Moderators do stuff like that all the time. I got kicked off a writing forum a few years ago because the moderator didn’t like me giving his stuff bad reviews. That wasn’t against the rules and he was a jerk to do it, but it wasn’t like he didn’t...
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    Florida governor signs bill barring social media companies from blocking political candidates

    I honestly don’t understand why there’s such a push from conservatives to use platforms that they think are run by people who are biased against them. Just use Parler and Rumble. Their platforms pretty much made for you and your political tastes. Why fight so hard to give business to people you...
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    What do you believe about January 6th?

    No, it doesn’t. Not even close to true. Mobs of people have been known to kill people before. I’d suggest you look up the term ‘herd mentatility’. So, when Trump fans chant ‘build the wall’, do they not actually want to build a wall? When they chant ‘lock her up’, do they not want Clinton...
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    What do you believe about January 6th?

    Who’s talking about convicting anyone? I’m just stating my take on the subject. I never claimed to have proof. True, though those people are still guilty of a crime. Pointing a gun at someone is usually taken as a threat, and whether you were actually going to do it or not won’t save you from...
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    What do you believe about January 6th?

    I don't know. Does that matter? How many people have to want Mike Pence hung in that crowd before you consider it a real problem? 10? 20? I'm also not sure how you come to the conclusion that certain individuals in the mob wanted a specific thing done somehow keeps it from being a mob. Nothing...
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    What do you believe about January 6th?

    I think you and I are going to disagree on the definition of 'far away'. Why one person? Why not two? Three? There's absolutely no way to know how many people that took. You can guess all day long, but it's just a flat guess. You really have nothing to base that on. Not that it terribly...
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    What do you believe about January 6th?

    Well, we could go off what they say, and had been saying all day long, and were, indeed, saying even as they made their way through the building. So let me ask you this - should I not take their words seriously here? If so, when should I take the words of Trump supporters seriously? Why they...