Sorry...my mail reader broke this topic up into several different threads, and I missed the majority of well thought out back-and-forth that many of you have posted in the last 24 hours. If I'd read those first, my response would've been a lot more reasoned and nuanced, and a lot less simplistic and flippant.
My bad. Doug Fields Tampa, FL ________________________________ From: Doug Fields Sent: Wednesday, August 8, 2018 8:11:13 AM To: TV or Not TV Subject: Re: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Semi-OT: InfoWars accounts suspended across digital media Once *again*, for the people who cut 8th grade Civics too many times...the 1st Amendment grants you protection from the *government* prosecuting you for things you say. *That* is the one and only definition of "free speech" protection granted by the Constitution. Yes, you can say anything you damned well please. No, you are most definitely *not* protected from the ramifications that will come as a response to what you say. And no one else is required to help you spread your message on their property or via their platforms, as long as they're not discriminating against you for some explicitly prohibited reason. Doug Fields Tampa, FL ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Steve Timko <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2018 6:25:03 PM To: TV or Not TV Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Semi-OT: InfoWars accounts suspended across digital media If porn and stripping are free speech issues then Alex Jones is a free speech issue. Not sent from an iPhone On Aug 7, 2018, at 1:27 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I’m amazed at seemingly intelligent writers claiming this is a free speech issue. It’s a business decision. It turns out having a guy in your establishment screaming threats and insults at children is bad for business. As others have said, if you ran a bookstore or managed an office and there was some lunatic shouting at the top of his lungs, you’d ask him to quiet down or leave. Facebook and YouTube didn’t deny him service, they suspended him after he abused the service. On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 1:22 PM Steve Timko < [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I tuned in to Alex Jones' stream for a few minutes this morning. He said Apple's Tim Cook is leading the attack on him. Is that a dog whistle way of saying the gays are against him? He also said the Fox News owners owners won't let the Fox News hosts speak honestly about him getting yanked off YouTube and social media. Not sent from an iPhone On Aug 6, 2018, at 6:25 PM, Steve Timko < [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Loved this Tweet. https://twitter.com/joshgondelman/status/1026629178484051971?s=19 On Mon, Aug 6, 2018, 5:45 PM 'Greg Diener' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: On Monday, August 6, 2018 at 1:26:26 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: Spotify, YouTube, Facebook, and iTunes... to name a few. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/06/technology/infowars-alex-jones-apple-facebook-spotify.html Still allowed on Twitter, though. Of course he's still allowed on Twitter that would imply that Jack Dorsey would have one ounce of courage inside his body. Greg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
