Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring content

Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by erichocean on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:33PM (#25691402)

It's not tolerant to tolerate intolerance, it's suicidal.

Insurrectionists don't like it? They can build their own internet, their own web browsers, their own mobile phones, cell towers, power generation, power lines, etc. It's a free country. But we all know they can't do any of that.

So yeah: don't expect peaceful, civil people (aka Democrats) to help Trump's insurrectionists crash the system and overthrow the government.

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by nackerhewz on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:57PM (#25691620)

Ok, so who gets to decide what is labeled as intolerance?

The person who decides has all the power because that person decides who can speak and what they can say.

Consequently, when there exists such a person (or group of persons), the society is no longer a democracy but a dictatorship.

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by razius on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:58PM (#25691625)

Very hard for some people to grasp apparently.

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by erichocean on Friday January 08, 2021 @06:00PM (#25691640)

Hint: the intolerant people are the ones violently storming the Capitol because their guy didn't get elected. That's the actual "dictatorship" threat.

"Democracy" is when the person with the most electoral votes assumes office on Jan 20th. The US is a democracy, and Biden is your next President.

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by bmarquez on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:35PM (#25691421)

> It's not tolerant to tolerate intolerance.

If I find your views intolerable, what happens now?

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by erichocean on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:39PM (#25691454)

Well, you could always storm the Capitol again and try to overthrow the government.

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by Acrobatic_Road on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:39PM (#25691457)

We're just going to cut to the chase and build our own country.

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by erichocean on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:40PM (#25691465)

Your guy couldn't even build a wall, so good luck with that.

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by Acrobatic_Road on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:45PM (#25691509)

It's not a trump thing. And its already happening. People are seceding from the media, corporations, monetary system, education system, and government (but not provacatively).

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Re:Apple threatens to ban Parler unless they start censoring... by razius on Friday January 08, 2021 @05:38PM (#25691452)

What happens if peaceful, civil people think the insurrectionists crashed the system, overthrowed the government and installed Biden?

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