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Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by imwillofficial on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:49AM (#25673430)
So you’re ok with disenfranchising people’s genuine dissatisfaction with the way the elections were run?
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by willis936 on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:00PM (#25673617)
What’s genuine about it? It was litigated in nearly a hundred court cases, many of which had conservative political appointee judges. No evidence. No actual claims of fraud because the lawyers want to keep their bar and know the claims are fraudulent.

Trump’s base is upset that they lost the election. Nothing more.

Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by imwillofficial on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @01:18PM (#25751000)
The “no evidence” statement is demonstrably false.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by srj on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:24PM (#25674032)
The truth matters. It isn't that their concerns were railroaded or not heard. There were dozens of court cases, the justice department and state authorities investigated. When that turns up nothing, you can't just keep entertaining debunked notions that our democratic system is rigged.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by imwillofficial on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:19AM (#25763019)
Their concerns were railroaded and not heard. The “no evidence” idea is demonstrably false.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by fullshark on Thursday January 07, 2021 @11:53AM (#25673482)
I'm ok with removing users that violate the terms of service even if they are presidents.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by jmull on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:43PM (#25674370)
You're trying to change the context here. Trump's supporters weren't expressing their dissatisfaction with the way the elections were run. They were violently seizing the capitol building to prevent the constitutional process of the peaceful transfer of power.
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by imwillofficial on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:21AM (#25763038)
If only those breaking the law were banned that wouldn’t be a problem. What about those who never attended, never spoke about it, and merely expressed dissatisfaction with the election? Why were they banned?
Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by neogodless on Thursday January 07, 2021 @12:07PM (#25673737)
> genuine dissatisfaction with

... the way President Trump claimed without evidence the elections were run.

Two bedrocks of democracy are that elections are fair so that every vote is counted, and that the people's freedom of speech outweighs the government's freedom of speech, so that governments cannot pull the kind of manipulation and deception that President Trump has been doing so successfully.

Re:Facebook Indefinitely Suspends Trump by imwillofficial on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:21AM (#25763048)
Those are the bedrock of democracy? Please cite your sources.