Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM
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The thing about having a completely free press is they get to choose what to write. Assuming you treat Facebook as part of the press, which is admittedly a bit questionable. However, if you allow CNN and Fox to decide what people can say in public, then you (arguably) need to extend the same privilege to Facebook.
So, either we agree with their right to do what they like, or we force them to do what we like, whoever "we" are.
I don't think the current system is working very well, but it still beats what happens elsewhere.
As Churchill almost said about democracy - it's the worst form of government, except for all the others.
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@George-K said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
@Axtremus said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
This one has also been picked up by a few other sites, days ago too, e.g.:
L.A. Magazine. https://www.lamag.com/article/why-did-black-lives-matter-buy-a-6-million-la-home/
NY Mag, the Intelligencer: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6-million-dollar-house.html
Only took them a year.
After the election. The BPS (Biden Protection Society) did its job.
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Warning: I post things that interest me. Read and comment at your own discretion.
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@Jolly said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
@George-K said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
@Axtremus said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
This one has also been picked up by a few other sites, days ago too, e.g.:
L.A. Magazine. https://www.lamag.com/article/why-did-black-lives-matter-buy-a-6-million-la-home/
NY Mag, the Intelligencer: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6-million-dollar-house.html
Only took them a year.
After the election. The BPS (Biden Protection Society) did its job.
General Election Day was Nov. 3, 2020. The article says the house was sold in “October 2020.” It’s not unusual for a county to take a month or two to get a property transfer record to a point where it is visible to the general public. “October 2020” and “Nov. 3, 2020” is a very short gap for county government work, not enough to suggest malice.
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@Axtremus said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
@Jolly said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
@George-K said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
@Axtremus said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
This one has also been picked up by a few other sites, days ago too, e.g.:
L.A. Magazine. https://www.lamag.com/article/why-did-black-lives-matter-buy-a-6-million-la-home/
NY Mag, the Intelligencer: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/04/black-lives-matter-6-million-dollar-house.html
Only took them a year.
After the election. The BPS (Biden Protection Society) did its job.
General Election Day was Nov. 3, 2020. The article says the house was sold in “October 2020.” It’s not unusual for a county to take a month or two to get a property transfer record to a point where it is visible to the general public. “October 2020” and “Nov. 3, 2020” is a very short gap for county government work, not enough to suggest malice.
The BPS had kicked in long before that house was bought and sold. Where do you think they got the money?
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”
Warning: I post things that interest me. Read and comment at your own discretion.
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@Jolly said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
The BPS had kicked in long before that house was bought and sold. Where do you think they got the money?
The BPS is mostly just a figment of your imagination, so presumably the BPS is powered by your paranoia (no real money needed).
If you're asking where the BLM got the money to buy the property in question, the articles made it quite clear that those are funds donated to the BLM movement. The question really isn't "where the money came from" but rather "whether the money was spent on the right things in the right way."
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@Axtremus said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
@Jolly said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
The BPS had kicked in long before that house was bought and sold. Where do you think they got the money?
The BPS is mostly just a figment of your imagination, so presumably the BPS is powered by your paranoia (no real money needed).
If you're asking where the BLM got the money to buy the property in question, the articles made it quite clear that those are funds donated to the BLM movement. The question really isn't "where the money came from" but rather "whether the money was spent on the right things in the right way."
Right, the money came from useful idiots, thereby proving the adage about fools and their money. I assume most of the donations come from high status folk though, so I guess they can afford it.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@George-K said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
These over-surgeried televangelists claim they can only build their spanking new church if you hand over your hard-earned dollars. Or buy their magical healing water. All the time, they stock up their personal empires or splash it out on overpriced hookers.
I love how, in the middle of a huge tear against Christian snake-oil salesmen, he takes a potshot at hookers, too. NOT because he has a problem with them ethically, but because he thinks they cost too much.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Thou shalt not say bad things about BLM:
The thing about having a completely free press is they get to choose what to write. Assuming you treat Facebook as part of the press, which is admittedly a bit questionable. However, if you allow CNN and Fox to decide what people can say in public, then you (arguably) need to extend the same privilege to Facebook.
So, either we agree with their right to do what they like, or we force them to do what we like, whoever "we" are.
I don't think the current system is working very well, but it still beats what happens elsewhere.
As Churchill almost said about democracy - it's the worst form of government, except for all the others.
But FB and Twitter and other platforms are fixable by regulating social media platforms as sorts of private utilities that serve the public interest, and are therefore nonexcludable. They are not like CNN or FOX or NYT who are curated publishers to self selecting audiences, but like CNN and FOX they do use public infrastructure and have responsibilities to the common good, which speaks to necessary inclusion of all members of the society.
