Interesting how some people are protected when they use hateful speech and others aren’t when it comes to big-tech. Actually, when it comes to any area, look at Sarah Jeong who was all but rewarded for her hate speech with a cushy job at the New York Times.
And whether or not you like or support Alex Jones, what has happened to his outlet is troubling on many, many levels. Talk about a slippery slope …
What exactly did Alex Jones say on LinkedIn that Microsoft thought they had to ban him?Microsoft is standing behind the right to say this hate speech and remain a public spokesperson of the company, so what did Alex Jones say that was worse than this? #FreeSpeech #nodigitalghetto pic.twitter.com/8E8YGFcicA
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) August 7, 2018
Gosh, we have an idea as to WHY they protected this person but not Alex Jones and it rhymes with sky-us.
https://twitter.com/joe_warmington/status/1026834651652927489
Something like that.
And check out the people throwing an absolute FIT on this thread:
This isn't a "free speech" issue. His first amendment rights are not being violated.
You know that. You are just trying to whip your uneducated followers into a frenzy.
Careful Glenn, you may be next.
— Evey Hammond (@DahkotaRolling) August 7, 2018
Is that a threat? LOL.
Or it could be you. If you haven’t noticed the tactics of the radical Left have been taken up by a portion of the Right. The politics of personal destruction are ruining these platforms. Don’t like Jones, don’t watch. I don’t. Not sure why adults can’t choose their content.
— Stacey (@ScotsFyre) August 7, 2018
Because when a Leftist doesn’t like what you have to say they don’t want ANYONE to be able to hear it. Unlike a Rightie who just changes the channel …
Wow, false equivalency much?
— Ben Fabian (@btfabian) August 7, 2018
Dude, it’s not a false equivalency just because you agree with the woman who hates white people.
Her statement was clearly an opinion.
Alex Jones spreads lies that hurt people for profit.— BingoValley (@binlava) August 7, 2018
WHA?
A commercial company does not have to follow the bill of rights as long as the major portion of their customer base supports them.
Alex Jones is a hate and fear monger, who capitalizes on such to make money off the weak minded. His followers are seldom the 'tech specialists'.
— misterhamtastic (@misterhamtastic) August 7, 2018
Noticing a theme here? They’re totally good with someone they don’t like being censored … but you know if this happened to Salon or Slate they’d burn buildings down and knit a bunch of glittery, pink hats.
https://twitter.com/MCastronova/status/1026801312699240455
Get a life.
I am not standing for Jones. I am standing for the right to be heard.
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) August 7, 2018
They just don’t get it.
It is never more important to defend speech than when it’s speech you disagree with.
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