Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by iamdbtoo on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:50PM
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You're completely ignoring the catalyst for this was that a governement insurrection where 5 people, including some cops, were murdered was planned very heavily and also broadcasted on this service.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by throwaway45349 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:59PM
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The capitol stuff was organised on Facebook, not Parler: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25776225
What about the Summer violence from BLM? Dozens of people died, with Twitter being used as a communications hub to attack specific individuals.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by iamdbtoo on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:55PM
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To compare the two is to ignore so much context I can't imagine you're being anything other than disingenuous.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by throwaway45349 on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:27AM
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Why? Both are a disenfranchised voice complaining with violence. One might be more valid than the other, but that doesn't mean one is inherently better.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by iamdbtoo on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:57PM
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No, they are not. Not at all and that you think that is exactly my point. One is the voice of a group that has been in power throughout the history of this country and the other is a group that has been oppressed by the former group.
One group is using violence to maintain their power, while the other is using anything they can to make their lives better.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by possibleworlds on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:08PM
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Dozens is a bit disingenuous, and you are comparing a protest movement over the course of many months involving up to 20 million people. How does this have any relevance to anything?
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:11PM
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I am not trying to be funny, but disparate treatment.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by BitwiseFool on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:06PM
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I also distinctly remember more fires, property damage, and calls to ruin peoples lives during the summer.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by iamdbtoo on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:57PM
(#25866889)
To compare the two is to ignore so much context I can't imagine you're being anything other than disingenuous.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by BitwiseFool on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:02PM
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Glenn Greenwald reports that the planning was actually done mostly on Facebook and Youtube, not Parler: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/how-silicon-valley-in-a-sho...
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by iamdbtoo on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:58PM
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Maybe he's right, but those companies are bigger and not as easy a target. Parler got beat down because they made themselves a target and have no leverage to defend themselves.
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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by dang on Thursday January 21, 2021 @07:11PM
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You've been posting so many flamewar comments to HN that we've banned the account. It's too bad, because if you would use the site as intended, HN would be better for having you. But you've been flouting the rules egregiously and often, to the point where it's become the only thing that you're doing here. That's not cool.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by 8note on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:44PM
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Twitter is left wing? I thought it was mastodon that was left wing version
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down
by gdulli on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:14PM
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The fact that each side believes Twitter is in favor of the other one should clue them both in to the very obvious truth that none of this is partisan to Twitter. They're only afraid of liability since people have now died.
If it was the left being censored I would be outraged on their behalf as well.
Edit: Not if, when the left gets censored by big tech, I will stand for freedom of speech with them, but I don't think many conservatives will be left to stand with us.