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If the social media companies have contracts with the state, inappropriate ones, then cancel them.
If there are any other improper relations between the two, cancel them too.
But let's not have the state regulating media outlets.
And, especially, let's not pretend that this has anything to do with anything other than that Twitter made Trump feel sad.
It's exactly the same thing as with FISA, in the other thread.
Libertarians need to be the ones pointing out the outrageously obvious partisan horse$#@!.
It does the cause no good to cheer on one side or the other when they're obviously insincere.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
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None of the big social media outfits have anywhere near the same degree of editorial control as newspapers, TV news, etc.
It's not even close. FOX, for instance, has near-absolute control over what is aired.
Every person who says a word on FOX is pre-approved and the conversations are highly scripted.
Contrast this with facebook, twitter, etc; just about anyone can post just about anything, and hundreds of millions do so daily.
It is fundamentally unjust to hold those outfits to the same standards of liability as traditional media.
Mind you, I say this as someone who loathes both forms of media, and both parties, more or less equally.
"He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
"dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
"You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
"When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q
"Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul
"Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."
Do you think content on these platforms isn't classified before it's made public? Makes little difference whether it be a human or a machine that does the reading.
I will admit, it is less control over the content than say, a Fox News. But the difference isn't as vast as you may imagine.
Anyway, I don't need to take anyones word for it.
Last edited by fcreature; 05-29-2020 at 12:23 AM.
I can go create a Twitter account and post things (as can you, as can anyone).
If I say certain things, I might be banned, sure.
But what, in comparison, are my chances of ever getting to say one word on FOX?
That's the difference, and it's immense; it's not the same ballpark, not the same sport, not the same planet.
Last edited by r3volution 3.0; 05-29-2020 at 12:29 AM.
Did they shut down their internet comment section?
You could also call into a radio broadcast.
To be fair, you also don't have much of a shot of getting in one word on a video promoted by youtube. You watch any non-mainstream political show, on your up next videos will either be Fox News Channel or CNN/MSNBC depending on the content creator you are watching.
Last edited by dannno; 05-29-2020 at 12:35 AM.
"He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
"dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
"You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
"When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q
"Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul
"Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."
I know so many people who attained national audiences through those FOX comments sections...
Are you kidding me dannno?
That's trivial.
No one gets on FOX (or any other traditional media venue) who isn't on board with the message.
Twitter etc are the opposite; just about anyone can say just about anything.
Better have the state stop the "censorship" of the latter (so the former can keep propagandizing unchallenged)?
Also, China is terrible, Hong Kong, something something free speech, Chinese "Communist" Party censoring the internet..
[insert other laughing gif]
Last edited by r3volution 3.0; 05-29-2020 at 12:52 AM.
I've found that the most valuable part of local news sites in particular are the comment sections.
Two or three of my local news sites shut down their comment section. The one I liked the most was actually a left leaning publication, because I had the opportunity to add information and context to the story and so did others. In fact most of the commenters were conservative, because they had a natural inclination like me to help correct the public record.
They did not like people who made right wing or libertarian leaning comments, and they had discussed shutting it down for years but kept it because they didn't want to lose viewership. When one or two of the other sites shut down their comment section, this site followed suit, almost a year and a half ago.
Now they hide most of their "non-essential" articles behind a paywall, which didn't exist before, and are constantly begging for money.. because the value of their product decreased immensely when people were not able to read the comments.
They did not understand what a valuable service we provided them... and all for free.
"He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
"dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
"You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
"When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q
"Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul
"Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."
Don't take this personally, but...
So long as you believe in insane nonsense like Q...
...and say that everything that you don't like is a false flag....
...you're not in a position to correct anything.
You're in a position to be mocked (and banned as crazy noise) by more sensible people, of both parties and all political persuasions.
Anyway, comments sections on little newspapers don't matter.They did not like people who made right wing or libertarian leaning comments, and they had discussed shutting it down for years but kept it because they didn't want to lose viewership. When one or two of the other sites shut down their comment section, this site followed suit, almost a year and a half ago.
Now they hide most of their "non-essential" articles behind a paywall, which didn't exist before, and are constantly begging for money.. because the value of their product decreased immensely when people were not able to read the comments.
They did not understand what a valuable service we provided them... and all for free.
What matters is network TV, cable TV, newspapers, and social media.
Of those groups, only social media offer ANY chance of (meaningful) dissent.
And now, because the one political party, the one in power, doesn't think it's helping them, they want to censor it.
That's it, simple as that.
I don't think that's a good idea; your mileage may vary.
Last edited by r3volution 3.0; 05-29-2020 at 01:15 AM.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
Uh, ya, well, half the stuff Q has been saying for the last 2-3 years just got declased in the last few weeks so that leaves you to not be the credible one.
As far as false flags, it isn't things I don't like.. It's when there is a clear and obvious agenda by the media and there is clearly scripted acting involved. In this case, I personally have a first hand account. That's good enough for me. You can think what you want.
That is not true at all, a lot of people pay attention to their local media publications. Each individual publication has only some influence in their community, but if you add all of the publications up they have a very heavy influence as a non-monolithic grouping, possibly as much as cable TV or more.
Last edited by dannno; 05-29-2020 at 02:10 AM.
"He's talkin' to his gut like it's a person!!" -me
"dumpster diving isn't professional." - angelatc
"You don't need a medical degree to spot obvious bullshit, that's actually a separate skill." -Scott Adams
"When you are divided, and angry, and controlled, you target those 'different' from you, not those responsible [controllers]" -Q
"Each of us must choose which course of action we should take: education, conventional political action, or even peaceful civil disobedience to bring about necessary changes. But let it not be said that we did nothing." - Ron Paul
"Paul said "the wave of the future" is a coalition of anti-authoritarian progressive Democrats and libertarian Republicans in Congress opposed to domestic surveillance, opposed to starting new wars and in favor of ending the so-called War on Drugs."
That's nonsense.
If they exercised no editorial control, they'd have murders-for-hire, etc.
There's a world of difference between striking out especially objectionable, criminal material, or even just material they dislike, for whatever "biased" reason (if they hate redheads, that's their business, ...because it's their business), and having an editor approve every single word printed/uttered, as invariably occurs in "traditional media." As I said, it's not even the same sport. Being editor of the NYT bears zero resemblance to being the chief of the anti-whatever dept. at Twitter.
Be honest, if social media were very much in support of your politics, you'd have no problem with their bias, would you?
Legal control is not editorial control.
Nobody said they shouldn't erase illegal content.
And I have said before they should be able to have more control if they published their rules instead of making them up as they go along and if they applied them equally instead of allowing one side to get away with the same things they use as excuses to censor the other side.
And I would have a problem if they were on my side.
You can't exercise subjective editorial control and be a platform, it doesn't matter if you do it to every word or just to some percentage based on algorithms and/or reports.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
How about, they can make up whatever damn rules they please, because they own the site; and if you don't like it, tough titty?
None of the social media platforms have anything remotely resembling the editorial control of a traditional publisher.You can't exercise subjective editorial control and be a platform, it doesn't matter if you do it to every word or just to some percentage based on algorithms and/or reports.
Personally, I think free speech in general is highly overrated, as most people have nothing to say that anyone needs to hear.
And so I won't get too worked up about this administration censoring anti-regime media.
But, once that precedent is set, it's going to be fun watching you folks lose your $#@! in however many years when the shoe's on the other foot.
You are completely misrepresenting what is happening.
They can make any rules they want and enforce them how they want, but if they do so in a manner that is subjective and biased while also censoring and making public judgements then they don't get to be a platform or be treated as one.
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Robert Heinlein
Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler
Groucho Marx
I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.
Linus, from the Peanuts comic
You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith
Alexis de Torqueville
Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it
A Zero Hedge comment
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