Supersized Monday roundup
In Democratic circles, anti-Semitism is becoming normal
The ACLU Condemns DeVos's Title IX Reforms, Says These Due Process Safeguards 'Inappropriately Favor the Accused'
“So much for civil liberties.”Household debt hit a record high of $13.5 trillion last quarter
A Warm-Up For 2020: Arizona’s Maricopa County Just Stole The Senate Election
I'm not sure about the allegations, but I'm watching closely.GOP Audits Elections Office In County That Swung To Democrats
Hanging On: Republican Congresswoman Mia Love Is Now Favored To Prevail In Tight Re-Election Bid
Stacey Abrams Acknowledges Loss In Georgia Governor's Race
Is an ‘Internet of Ears’ the next big thing for smart homes?
SAF, NRA File Federal Lawsuit Challenging Initiative 1639
Kansas City Health Department pours bleach on food meant for homeless people
Debra Messing Joins Alyssa Milano, Condemns Anti-Semitic Women's March Leaders
Gridlocked, in Fair Weather and Foul
“New Yorkers demand that the mayor clear the roads—but only in snowstorms.”Bubble Trouble: Seattle-Bellevue Metro Housing Market Goes South
Democrats’ Way Back: Is the Resistance rooted in reality?
Identity Politics and American anti-Semitism
Brenda Snipes submits resignation as Broward elections supervisor
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Liberal Scorned: The Media Turns on Facebook and Google
Trump backs sentencing reform bill he says will give ex-inmates 'a second chance at life'
The Institutionalization of Social Justice
There's a Good Reason Many Women Make Less Than Men
Loggers support Trump's claim that wildfires caused by 'poor forest management'
Global warming alarmists pissed off by Canadian gov’t report that nukes their narrative about polar bears
Censorship & corporate virtue signalling
So the big news is that Apple decided to remove the Alex Jones Infowars podcasts. YouTube and Facebook followed. Twitter did not.
Alex Jones is wrong almost all the time. He's not worth your time or mine. Infowars is not a good source.
Absolutely these companies have the right to decide who does and does not use their platform. It's their money after all.
But they are hypocrites when they declare that they support free speech while applying selective censorship. Especially if they allow the Islamist, the anti-semitic, the anti-conservative, the antifa, and the anti-white stuff to stay on their platforms.
That's the problem with hate speech. Somehow it's always about what the other guy said, never about what you said.
And all this still overlooks the obvious. If someone doesn't like what is in a podcast or a video, they don't have to pay attention.
Demanding it's removal for the greater good is the coward's way out. It means you don't trust someone to make their own choices. You want to meddle. You wouldn't stand for it if someone else did it to you.
People should choose for themselves. Corporations have lousy morals.
Alex Jones is wrong almost all the time. He's not worth your time or mine. Infowars is not a good source.
Absolutely these companies have the right to decide who does and does not use their platform. It's their money after all.
But they are hypocrites when they declare that they support free speech while applying selective censorship. Especially if they allow the Islamist, the anti-semitic, the anti-conservative, the antifa, and the anti-white stuff to stay on their platforms.
That's the problem with hate speech. Somehow it's always about what the other guy said, never about what you said.
And all this still overlooks the obvious. If someone doesn't like what is in a podcast or a video, they don't have to pay attention.
Demanding it's removal for the greater good is the coward's way out. It means you don't trust someone to make their own choices. You want to meddle. You wouldn't stand for it if someone else did it to you.
People should choose for themselves. Corporations have lousy morals.
Left wing anti-Semitism
Friday - 20Apr2018 Filed in: Headlines&Morality & Modern Life