YouTube bans Alex Jones

Discussion in 'Politics' started by Cuddles, Aug 6, 2018.

  1. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Whereas Democrats are pretty consistent about not allowing anything they do not agree with, ever.
     
    #81     Aug 7, 2018
  2. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    Computers haven’t evolved to the point they can determine what to censor without bias. But you can’t deny that Alex Jones has a right to use his platform to spout his nonsense and YouTube has their right to deny him access.

    You aren’t advocating free speech as much as denying YouTube their freedoms. The opposite of the gay wedding cake issue except you are defending a hate mongerer and I am defending two people in love.

    I have found conservatives who claim to be constitutionalists are only so when it fits their world view. Just like self proclaimed patriots who salute the confederate flag and are okay with Russian meddling as long as it is for their candidate. Same goes for liberals too btw (to show I’m not biased).
     
    #82     Aug 7, 2018
  3. Cuddles

    Cuddles


    So called Christians do it all the time too.
     
    #83     Aug 7, 2018
  4. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    I defended Youtube in the very first post. They are a private company and they can do with their platform whatever they want. I don't agree with it and it continues to prove the narrative that companies like it are biased to the left.

    I'm not denying Youtube anything, like I just said.

    Feel free to test me on this theory whenever you wish. You will see I am what I say.
     
    #84     Aug 7, 2018
  5. newwurldmn

    newwurldmn

    Fair enough. Personally I don't consider banning Alex Jones a right or left thing - he has obfuscated the truth and advocated violence. I doubt Alex Jones speaks for you but maybe I am wrong.

    I don't consider you one of the people I talked about. If I did, I wouldn't have spent so many minutes debating you.
     
    #85     Aug 7, 2018
  6. Tsing Tao

    Tsing Tao

    Alex Jones doesn't speak for me, and in fact I am on record many times on this site condemning Infowars and refusing to go to that site.

    This does not, however, mean I believe he should be banned from Youtube. If Youtube had cleaned house and removed folks on the left and the right, I'd be inclined to at least accept impartiality. But, of course, they did not, and are not.
     
    #86     Aug 7, 2018
  7. Cuddles

    Cuddles

    I think a few antifa channels got pulled as well, just not reported in my op.
     
    #87     Aug 7, 2018
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    #88     Aug 7, 2018
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  9. Butwhataboutism really is an inexhaustible answer to questions nobody asked.
     
    #89     Aug 7, 2018
  10. WeToddDid2

    WeToddDid2

    #90     Aug 7, 2018