Journalism and freedom of the press is the freedom of anyone to publish any viewpoint that our constitution has deemed acceptable. It does not mean that only a certain licensed elite get to be termed "the press".
QuoteJournalism and freedom of the press is the freedom of anyone to publish any viewpoint that our constitution has deemed acceptable. It does not mean that only a certain licensed elite get to be termed "the press".Alex Jones hasn't been thrown in jail. He is free to publish his viewpoints on any platform that will have him. The fact that several private companies decided they didn't want to host his murder threats, mocking of murder victims and regular stoking of armed uprising rhetoric should be seen as a validation of the free market principles that conservatives are meant to hold so dear. He made a toxic product that major suppliers decided they didn't want. If he can find other suppliers who do want it, they can compete with Apple, YouTube, etc. in the open market. But yeah, it's definitely the fault of intolerant liberals that a swindling, self-aggrandizing narcissist decided to make a bunch of videos glorifying violence and promoting the harassment of shooting victims. Personally, I blame university professors teaching postmodernism in English lit courses.
Quote from: Andyman on August 09, 2018, 01:46:11 PMQuoteJournalism and freedom of the press is the freedom of anyone to publish any viewpoint that our constitution has deemed acceptable. It does not mean that only a certain licensed elite get to be termed "the press".Alex Jones hasn't been thrown in jail. He is free to publish his viewpoints on any platform that will have him. The fact that several private companies decided they didn't want to host his murder threats, mocking of murder victims and regular stoking of armed uprising rhetoric should be seen as a validation of the free market principles that conservatives are meant to hold so dear. He made a toxic product that major suppliers decided they didn't want. If he can find other suppliers who do want it, they can compete with Apple, YouTube, etc. in the open market. But yeah, it's definitely the fault of intolerant liberals that a swindling, self-aggrandizing narcissist decided to make a bunch of videos glorifying violence and promoting the harassment of shooting victims. Personally, I blame university professors teaching postmodernism in English lit courses.Are Youtube, Facebook, etc. publishers or distribution platforms? Now combine that with what I think is the inevitability that the internet and it's forums, particularly sites like youtube, twitter, and facebook (not necessarily so much itunes) will be seen as "the public square" by the courts, and you are going to have a sticky situation. This is before we get to the issue of whether or not they constitute monopolies and are acting like trusts.If youtube is going to say that Alex Jones violates certain parts of its TOS, then they better make sure they apply that across the board. If not, then they could be in trouble. If they are going to claim that they have every right to favor a certain point of view and no obligation to be neutral, then that is going to open up a whole nother can of worms.I think this is going to result in unintended consequences such that those who favor this at the moment will later live to regret it. I say better to let Alex Jones rant and rave and people to ridicule him than to embark upon this path.
If youtube is going to say that Alex Jones violates certain parts of its TOS, then they better make sure they apply that across the board. If not, then they could be in trouble. If they are going to claim that they have every right to favor a certain point of view and no obligation to be neutral, then that is going to open up a whole nother can of worms.
I can't figure out why liberals hate free speech.
Much data collection and analysis remain to be done. But one among many untested concepts is whether the survey results would be different if conservative student groups, instead of repeatedly inviting campus visitors who have built a brand of disruption, were to sponsor serious intellectual dialogue with thinkers on the right.
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I think this is a wake-up call for conservatives and libertarians.