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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days by javajosh on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:38AM (#28143344)
YouTube is NOT the government. If Rand Paul was arrested for his speech, that would be a violation of his First Amendment rights and wrong. The right to speak does not compel a private platform to carry that speech.

Certainly Fox News gives RP and his ilk plenty of opportunity to spread their harmful propaganda. So it's not like, even in a practical sense, his ability to express himself has been curtailed.

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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days by lp0_on_fire on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @02:31PM (#28145821)
> Certainly Fox News gives RP and his ilk

Tell us how you really feel about people on the right.

Something tells me you'd be singing a different story if it were someone you agreed with.

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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days by treeman79 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @06:10PM (#28148469)
Lincoln was not even on the ballet In several states. That lead to a civil war.s

We are reaching/past the point where open speech is no longer allowed. That makes next steps scary.

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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days by rat87 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:11PM (#28149259)
YouTube doing the right thing and banning some stupid misinformation is nowhere near civil war.
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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days by treeman79 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:28PM (#28149483)
Misinformation is the excuse. This is banning a political party on whatever reason they think they can get away with.
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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days by selimthegrim on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:29PM (#28149501)
Rand Paul is the GOP now? You might want to tell Trump that.
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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @07:36PM (#28149583)
Well, they're also banning Trump...

(Different "they", though - Twitter. But Twitter was Trump's main medium. Anyway, point is, once you raise the topic, yeah, it looks like treeman79 actually does have a bit of evidence on his side...)

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Re:YouTube suspends Rand Paul for seven days by rat87 on Monday August 16, 2021 @03:56AM (#28195901)
he does not.

They're not banning a political party at all. They are banning some individuals for breaking the terms of service.

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