The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire

Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire by factotvm on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:04PM (#25399659)

According to the downvotes, my statement must be false and predictions are the same as lies.

If it’s been proven false, don’t say it. If it can’t be proven false, carry on, as that’s not against the terms and conditions.

Or, a false equivalency between saying the election was stolen, and saying the world will end in 12 years if we don’t do something.

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Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire by rayiner on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:36PM (#25399948)

“Proven false” clearly isn’t the standard. Nobody has proven the election fraud claims false. (Or the Hunter Biden e-mails story.) Like AOC’s misinformation about climate change, the conclusions are just extremely unlikely based on the facts we know. That’s been a high enough bar for censorship.

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Re:The YouTube ban is un-American, wrong, and will backfire by factotvm on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:45PM (#25400013)

But one is about the past and one is about the future.

And those items in the past have been heavily investigated, brought to the courts, and due to no evidence, summarily rebuked.

Apples and oranges.

Don’t get me wrong, the world ending in 12 years is a silly thing to say.

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