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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4649905" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>When has censorship been the American way?&nbsp; I don&#039;t want the government to force anything.&nbsp; It&#039;s role is as referee.&nbsp; You&#039;re essentially saying that it&#039;s ok for the owners of social media platforms to use their power to bully others as long as they are on your side.&nbsp; By that standard whites can be racist to blacks and the government is supposed to just look the other way.&nbsp; The government is supposed to insure a fair playing field for everyone and that extends to the modern public square aka social media.&nbsp; Too many times we are seeing what turns into a lynch mob before all the facts are known.&nbsp; The Press did that with Jewell, Zimmerman, and Sandmann before all the facts were known and got spanked in civil courts for doing so.&nbsp; You don&#039;t want social media to be held to the same standards so that you can attack those on the right without consequence.&nbsp; Encouraging people to find out where people live and work which one day will lead to tragedy is going too far.&nbsp; If social platforms can&#039;t regulate themselves then the government will have to step in.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4649905, member: 24302"] When has censorship been the American way? I don't want the government to force anything. It's role is as referee. You're essentially saying that it's ok for the owners of social media platforms to use their power to bully others as long as they are on your side. By that standard whites can be racist to blacks and the government is supposed to just look the other way. The government is supposed to insure a fair playing field for everyone and that extends to the modern public square aka social media. Too many times we are seeing what turns into a lynch mob before all the facts are known. The Press did that with Jewell, Zimmerman, and Sandmann before all the facts were known and got spanked in civil courts for doing so. You don't want social media to be held to the same standards so that you can attack those on the right without consequence. Encouraging people to find out where people live and work which one day will lead to tragedy is going too far. If social platforms can't regulate themselves then the government will have to step in. [/QUOTE]

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