Free Alex Jones

[essentialsaltes]

As I said, not my point. Good bye.

Look, I get that your post is apparently not even about Alex Jones and am willing to forgive your off-topic rant, but what you wrote was about "the efforts of one political party to win the next presidential election by preventing the exercise of free speech".

Since it's off-topic here, maybe you can make a new thread where you can elaborate your peculiar theories about the applicability of the First Amendment to political parties.

 

[SkyWriting]

The campaign to shut up people who are not politically correct has been ongoing for some time now, and this is simply the latest development in that movement (which was demonstrated when Facebook, Spotify, You Tube and other social media discovered on the same day (!) that this one outlet fails to meet their standards and so must go).

Private companies are considered "persons" and may control their own media.
They now can voice political speech as well.

 

[SkyWriting]

Those companies only serve their bottom line.

After the politics of their owners, which is not the government in this case.

 

[Albion]

You are calling for government to interfere with the free speech
of business groups.

Where did you come up with that??

 

[SkyWriting]

Whether or not you like him, it should be clear that Alex Jones has the right to post the content that he posts.

Only on any platforms that approve his message.
Even public space like my local park has regulations
about how the space can be used.

 

[Albion]

Since it's off-topic here, maybe you can make a new thread where you can elaborate your peculiar theories about the applicability of the First Amendment to political parties.

I could...if I held such theories.

 

[SkyWriting]

Where did you come up with that??

Corporate Rights to Free Speech

Corporations Have the Same Free-Speech Rights as Individuals

Supreme Court Decision Restores Free Speech To Business

 

[Albion]

Not from me, in other words.

And yet you addressed your claim to me and wrote the following:

You are calling for government to interfere with the free speech
of business groups.

 

[durangodawood]

So shutting down Alex Jones is sort of a Dem party project?

I dont see the other party coming to his rescue.

 

[Albion]

So shutting down Alex Jones is sort of a Dem party project?

I dont see the other party coming to his rescue.

Google Senator Chris Murphy and include the words Alex Jones, or something like that, and see what you get (from that spokesman for the Democrat Party.

 

[SkyWriting]

Not from me, in other words.

And yet you addressed your claim to me and wrote the following:

My mistake.

 

[durangodawood]

Google Senator Chris Murphy and include the words Alex Jones, or something like that, and see what you get (from that spokesman for the Democrat Party.

I dont fault anyone for speaking out against Alex Jones. It's a normal sane human response.

 

[Sarsath]

Now I feel like an idiot for posting this thread.

 

[DaisyDay]

Google Senator Chris Murphy and include the words Alex Jones, or something like that, and see what you get (from that spokesman for the Democrat Party.

What makes him the spokesman for the Democrat [sic] Party?

 

[Albion]

You didn't read the material I recommended, duran?

 

[Desk trauma]

Now I feel like an idiot for posting this thread.

Treat it as a learning experience.

 

[ananda]

YouTube, Facebook, Spotify and Apple apparently decided it was a good idea to remove content associated with InfoWars and its founder Alex Jones. This is just one of many crimes of the regressive left. Whether or not you like him, it should be clear that Alex Jones has the right to post the content that he posts.

In context of the united States: IMO any non-Publically funded company should have the right to exclude or include anyone they wish to in their private domain, just like private individuals. If they receive any Public funds at all, then I expect them to uphold First Amendments rights.

 

[durangodawood]

You didn't read the material I recommended, duran?

I dont think he's going so far as calling for govt enforced censorship.

 

[DaisyDay]

The campaign to shut up people who are not politically correct has been ongoing for some time now, and this is simply the latest development in that movement (which was demonstrated when Facebook, Spotify, You Tube and other social media discovered on the same day (!) that this one outlet fails to meet their standards and so must go).

Do you make a distinction between "not politically correct" and out and out fake news and conspiracy mongering such as promoting Pizzagate and the Sandy Hook massacre being a hoax?

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

My grandpa was Republican. He would have never been okay with hate speech . When did the Republicans start favoring hate speech? Or is the right or Conservative Christians different from Republican.