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re: Would you be in favor of forcing a 48 hour blackout of Social Media to stop the riots?
Posted on 6/2/20 at 8:54 am to oogabooga68
Posted on 6/2/20 at 8:54 am to oogabooga68
Absolutely fricking not.
That sets an absolutely orwellian precedent and it's not a path we want to walk down. If we can't self police as a society and see through the lies and bullshite then we get the society and government we deserve. This is our bed. We made it we have to lay in it. Never defer power to the government. Ever.
Think about it this way.
If the good, armed people of society had to stem these rioters and violence on their own, without government assistance, that would be no problem. But what if those rioters were the government themselves? Military and law enforcement with the backing of politicians? That would be a much tougher battle. Likely a war of attrition.
That sets an absolutely orwellian precedent and it's not a path we want to walk down. If we can't self police as a society and see through the lies and bullshite then we get the society and government we deserve. This is our bed. We made it we have to lay in it. Never defer power to the government. Ever.
Think about it this way.
If the good, armed people of society had to stem these rioters and violence on their own, without government assistance, that would be no problem. But what if those rioters were the government themselves? Military and law enforcement with the backing of politicians? That would be a much tougher battle. Likely a war of attrition.
This post was edited on 6/2/20 at 8:57 am
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Posted on 6/2/20 at 8:54 am to oogabooga68
No, but would have no problem if social media voluntarily shut down for several days to help stem the violence.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 8:57 am to oogabooga68
48 year blackout
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:00 am to The Maj
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Dude, you would kill every fricking Karen on the face of this planet... Why do you hate Karen's so much?
You win the thread.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:01 am to oogabooga68
I would be for it just to frick with the journalists who see no problem shutting down churches for months for what is essentially the flu (especially outside the NYC MSA).
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:02 am to nola000
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That sets an absolutely orwellian precedent and it's not a path we want to walk down.
We’re already through the looking glass.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:02 am to oogabooga68
100% favor.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:13 am to oogabooga68
The internet going down may actually save this fricking country
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:14 am to oogabooga68
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On one hand I think it would be a great idea, on another it would scare me to think about our Government going to this length.
The most responsible thing would be for these social media companies to shut their platforms down and rebuild them so they were less vulnerable to manipulation, disinformation, and promoting extremism. Every country in the world having to deal with this (or has acted to prevent by state control) and these platforms have toppled long-standing stable regimes, created genocides, and probably worse to come.
This post was edited on 6/2/20 at 9:15 am
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:17 am to CoonassatTEXAS
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We still have freedoms in this country.
I mean, twitter isn't the shining beacon of freedom of speech.
I do get you though, slippery slope.
Still if facists get to power they won't look back and say "Well Trump didn't in 2020 so, out of respect for precedent set, we wont."
Progs will squash freedoms, they don't respect the constitution.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:19 am to oogabooga68
Nope. This isnt a kindergarten class where the teacher lectures the class and makes everyone put their head down because Jerome cant stop yelling and throwing his glue sticks at other kids.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:43 am to Tiger on the Rag
quote:You want to be China?
Hell yes we were better off without so ial media. End it entirely today would be fine with me
This is how you start to be like China.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:48 am to REB BEER
quote:Most of these people are idle idiots who want to be a part of something.
But I can't believe when the cameras pan the crowds at the riots how many of the people are holding their phones up videoing everything
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:49 am to oogabooga68
Yah my girl is virtue signaling like crazy and she resents me for not being all BLM. It sucks.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 9:59 am to CleverUserName
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Yes we do.... we also have a thing against censorship. And all social media engages heavily in it.
What branch of government is Twitter?
Posted on 6/2/20 at 10:03 am to oogabooga68
quote:No, but I would be in favor of killing cell service to areas where there are riots so that the different groups cannot coordinate with each other.
Would you be in favor of forcing a 48 hour blackout of Social Media to stop the riots?
Like in NYC, a group will draw NYPD to one area and other groups will get on phones/social media and coordinate areas where there is little or no LEO presence and target those areas.
You don't even have to kill all of it (as some first responders use cell tech for their radios) but just take down the civilian part of the spectrum.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 11:28 am to SirWinston
quote:Dump her.
Yah my girl is virtue signaling like crazy and she resents me for not being all BLM. It sucks
Posted on 6/2/20 at 11:34 am to oogabooga68
i'm in for a week.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 11:37 am to oogabooga68
What could it hurt....
Posted on 6/2/20 at 11:38 am to SirWinston
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Yah my girl is virtue signaling like crazy and she resents me for not being all BLM. It sucks.
You referred to this as present tense and not past tense.
I don’t care how good the _____ is, someone else’s is better and they aren’t as much of a bitch.
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