Comment Re:Free speech and corporations (Score 1) 282
You can say whatever you want. You just can't do it on my property. It's really that simple.
You can say whatever you want. You just can't do it on my property. It's really that simple.
How does the concept of "common carrier" even enter into the conversation? These are all things that are happening entirely within the private property of the platform owners.
In context "freedom" means a broad selection of information sources that validate my preconceived beliefs and shelter me from unwelcome contradiction by experts.
Except it's become dysfunctional now that the two factions are operating with two different sets of facts, and only one of them based on reality.
Then don't use their platform.
So then you believe thousands of climate scientists have conspired to abandon the fundamental principles of their profession (the scientific method) for the sake of a political agenda. Do you have proof of this? And why should we believe you when you have to blatantly mischaracterize the consensus with "caused SOLELY by humans"?
The way out of that mess was established with the Scientific Method.
People today have this odd psychological need to believe they are smarter than the scientific consensus. It will be our undoing as a species if our leaders continue to take their side.
Perception is subjective. Reality is reality.
Whoever the owners of said platforms decides is a reputable source of information.
If you don't like who they choose, you're free to stop using the platform.
That's how it works.
Sounds like a compelling reason to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industries then and let the market sort it out.
People who care about music listen to vinyl and pretend to hear tones a dog cannot.
Evidently not a fan of normalizing civil conversation either. Yikes!
What we need now more than ever are some tax cuts for the rich.
This might be a situation where an occultation of a star might be needed to detect it.
You going to need some help nailing yourself up on that cross?
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.