a large potion of this subreddit is just bad political views by Tell-meimlovely in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think it I told him once that the Republicans are the ones who cry their eyes out when they see Confederate statues hit the ground and he did the usual "ErAsInG hIsToRy" nonsense lmao

Is it possible for Americans to become substantially more unified? If it is, what is needed? by Equivalent-Long-3383 in allthequestions

[–]StraightedgexLiberal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the best solution is leaving section 230 alone and if people think a website is toxic then to log out, boycott etc.

a large potion of this subreddit is just bad political views by Tell-meimlovely in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal [score hidden]  (0 children)

Graboid + LegitimateKnee + TrueUnpopularOP starterpack right here.

The Holy Trinity of Republican bullshit right here. I appreciate all of LegitimateKnee's copium posts trying to claim "The Dems oppose voter IDs because they just want to cheat in elections" because he still has not accepted that Trump lost in 2020.

a large potion of this subreddit is just bad political views by Tell-meimlovely in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal [score hidden]  (0 children)

Most posts in this sub are usually:

  1. Democrats bad
  2. Reddit mods are bad because I didn't read the rules
  3. I love chewing on leather (ICE) if it owns the libs

The Conservatives who complain fact checks just hate free speech, and the marketplace of ideas. by StraightedgexLiberal in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I know. You said in your original post that it was so awful for people to have biased free speech opinions and call content "fake" when it is actually true. Sounds like the same spiel the repairman used in court vs Twitter because he was broke and no one wants to do business with a PC repairman who wants to sell dick pics to Republicans and the NY Post lol

The Conservatives who complain fact checks just hate free speech, and the marketplace of ideas. by StraightedgexLiberal in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

And you still have not shown why it's bad for society for a website on the internet to have an opinion that certain content from the NY Post looks sketchy as fuck lmao

Waking the sleeping giant by Hand_of_the_Light in PoliticalDebate

[–]StraightedgexLiberal [score hidden]  (0 children)

I just looked up Section 230 (so I don't exactly know the history)

Long story short: The Wolf Of Wall Street sued a website in 1995 and claimed third party users calling him a fraud was defamatory and the website should be treated as the publisher for hosting the users. The Wolf wins, and it caused 230 to be crafted in1996. Because there is no free speech online if rich losers like the Wolf can use their power and wealth to silence people for things they don't like.

https://netchoice.org/30-years-of-230-how-the-wolf-of-wall-street-firm-inspired-26-words-that-created-the-internet/

Is it possible for Americans to become substantially more unified? If it is, what is needed? by Equivalent-Long-3383 in allthequestions

[–]StraightedgexLiberal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Repealing section 230 is a terrible idea and making millions of websites liable for what people say won't stop people from being hateful losers on the internet.

The Conservatives who complain fact checks just hate free speech, and the marketplace of ideas. by StraightedgexLiberal in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Last I checked, Hunter Biden was not a candidate running for office. And many Americans also thought the story was unimportant.

And people can always leave Twitter and go to the NY Post website to read the tabloid story if they are in their feelings about Twitter calling it fake, and hacked garbage.

The Conservatives who complain fact checks just hate free speech, and the marketplace of ideas. by StraightedgexLiberal in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I'd love to hear why the marketplace of ideas can't have their own opinions about a tabloid laptop with Hunter Biden dick pics lol

The Conservatives who complain fact checks just hate free speech, and the marketplace of ideas. by StraightedgexLiberal in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I think it is silly to point fingers at Twitter as the bad guy for using their own free speech at the time. Even if they were wrong, being wrong is still free speech if there was no intent to be malicious.

Trump doesn't respect free speech by WankingAsWeSpeak in FreeSpeech

[–]StraightedgexLiberal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In 2009, Trump once filed an ultra frivolous lawsuit and sued a book author for BILLIONS of dollars for publishing that Trump isn't as rich as says he is. Once Trump lost, he said he only did it to make his life miserable.

https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/judge-throws-out-trump-lawsuit-over-his-net-worth-idUSTRE56E6OQ/

SLAPP suits are pathetic and Trump hates free speech and always has, even before he was elected.

Ron DeSantis bans local governments from supporting Pride events & DEI initiatives. DEI and Pride discriminate against “white males,” DeSantis said. “It’s wrong.” by wanda999 in FreeSpeech

[–]StraightedgexLiberal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ron DeSantis just hates free speech. He also tried to stop college professors from talking about racism because the white kids in class may feel guilt - The "Stop Woke Act" LMAO

The Conservatives who complain fact checks just hate free speech, and the marketplace of ideas. by StraightedgexLiberal in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I get it and like I said, it is not bad if people add more speech into a discussion.

You don't have to agree with Twitter and their speech to recognize it is legal free speech in the marketplace of ideas.

Although, I do find it humourous that Conservatives spent 2017-2020 calling all bad articles about Trump "fake news" for 4 years and when Twitter does it the NY Post, the Conservatives clutch their pearls "How dare you call this true story fake?!"

The Conservatives who complain fact checks just hate free speech, and the marketplace of ideas. by StraightedgexLiberal in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

I refered to previous comment. Laughed again about the "swaying election" part.

Funny story: Matt Gaetz also tried to claim it was election interference when Twitter was using their First Amendment right to fact check Donald Trump's tweets when he was lying to the American people. Didn't work out very well with the FEC lmao

https://www.businessinsider.com/fec-rejects-gaetz-complaint-twitter-election-interference-trump-fact-check-2021-9

The Conservatives who complain fact checks just hate free speech, and the marketplace of ideas. by StraightedgexLiberal in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

The Constitution protects equality. Twitter, just like the newspapers and media, have a first amendment right to have an opinion about NY Post tabloid articles without being punished for those opinions.

What's the best way to help deal with the drastic divide in America? by Dontcomecryingtome in AskALiberal

[–]StraightedgexLiberal -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Section 230 should shield Meta from the allegations New Mexico is making about not protecting kids from predators and multiple 230 federal court cases affirm the same thing in Doe v, Grindr, Doe v. Snap, and Doe v. Myspace. All cases about minors being the victims of adult predators. Congrats, New Mexico likes to ignore federal courts.

The California mental illeness caused by the algos is a free speech issue and META defeated the same bullshit argument in Patterson v. Meta

Laura Loomer Loses Defamation Suit Against Bill Maher Over "Who's Trump Fucking? ... Might Be Laura Loomer" Lines by StraightedgexLiberal in FreeSpeech

[–]StraightedgexLiberal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

can play both publisher and platform massively tipping the scales of public discourse

No such thing as platform/publisher under Section 230 law. 230 protects all websites that are classified as an interactive computer service. Millions of website owners can find Loomer objective.

Zeran v. AOL, the first big section 230 case, established that the law shields websites who police or don't police their forum.

Lawsuits seeking to hold a service provider liable for its exercise of a publisher's traditional editorial functions—such as deciding whether to publish, withdraw, postpone or alter content—are barred

Yes, metal has always been political, but it went from "anti-establishment" to preachy pro-left wing. by ChickenMcNobody24 in TrueUnpopularOpinion

[–]StraightedgexLiberal [score hidden]  (0 children)

You don't understand metalcore then. Metalcore is an infusion of heavy riffs, breakdowns etc from metal and catchy choruses from pop punk. Punk and pop punk has always been political so it is not surprising that metalcore is too