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> Thanks to President Harris and her loyal FANG guard we will never hear an unapproved thought again.

idk man pretty sure I'm seeing your comment right now

Idk about Harris and the FANG guard, but he's right in that way, that we should compare lets say twitter to radio, if a big national radio (who everyone knows of (that's the important part), and has access to it) can change the information flow, they are in charge. Even when there are thousand other radios (lets say a Alaskan Country-radio) who is absolutely honest about what they report they will not be heard...and even when..should you trust that little radio-station or the only source of truth (the big radio)?

as far as I can tell as an outsider, all US media is strictly partisan so even if twitter was a broadcaster and not social media it wouldn't be outside the norm, even more centrist than radio and TV.

>it wouldn't be outside the norm, even more centrist than radio and TV.

That automatically centrist steering is exactly the problem with social networks, your get in to your bubble, and everyone else is your tribes enemy. But sure that happens on traditional media too...i can remember we someone said something against invading Irak (2003?), they got nearly hanged by the crowd. Even Bush said "be with us or against us", but the whole invasion was based on a single lie (that sadam has some C-Wapons) but that was forgotten, retaliation was the main thing.

I can remember some damn big demonstrations against invading Iraq.

>>But sure that happens on traditional media too...i can remember we someone said something against invading Irak (2003?)

I meant by the media (fox and cnn etc), not in "real life".

Multi platforms decided to silence half the county. Your making light of it because some places tolerate small amount amount of opinion.

Violence and death threats has no place in a civil society. They are just fringe lunatics and not half the country.

But who voted then for the lunatic Trump?

People who identify as Republican would have voted for Trump regardless because the Democrats and Kamala/Biden are socialists and will bring about the end of the American way of life :).

That said about 50% of those voters accept that Biden has a mandate albeit grudgingly but the other 50% are lunatics who think has Trump won, will serve a second term on March 4, that 1776 constitution is a thing and QAnon is maybe on to something.

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