Fun
Only logged in members can reply and interact with the post.
Join SimilarWorlds for FREE »

I've noticed as right wingers hysterically describe our descent into socialism or communism they're just talking about capitalism

Big pharma selling us vaccines? COMMUNISM

Unaccountable social media companies deciding what I can and can't say? COMMUNISM


Y'all want a free market or not I'm confused.
This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »
dale74 · M
Government forcing us to get vaccinated.

President Joe Biden asking social media to sensor free speech
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@dale74 "ask" kinda makes my point here
@dale74 [quote]Government forcing us to get vaccinated.[/quote]
If people like you had been alive 100 years ago, we'd still be dealing with smallpox.
-Shadowfire
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@dale74 Donald Trump wanted to silence the media. A free press is important in any democracy. As to social media, in a free market they can set their own terms of service. That's literally capitalism.
dale74 · M
@basilfawlty89 but they are not held accountable when they report as news stuff that is not true
dale74 · M
@LordShadowfire first I have been vax but I also support those who choose not to .
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@dale74 define what's not true. You lot think the entire mainstream media is lying, but InfoWars (which has been fact checked as lying) is a legitimate news source according to you.
@dale74 I can see both sides of that, but the fact of the matter is, we've got Fox News reporting from the right, and we've got networks like CNN and MSNBC reporting from what I would call moderate left positions. Then you've got your extreme viewpoints on both sides. Alex Jones and similar lunatics for the far right, and things like Daily Kos, Yahoo, and so forth for the left.

It's not the fault of the media you don't do your homework and consider multiple sources.
-Shadowfire
dale74 · M
@basilfawlty89 that Trump colluded with Russia totally been disproven. Did Hunter biden's laptop is not true which is and is currently being investigated by the FBI. The news media only puts out half the story and they will encourage any story that supports who they really want. The news media 40 years ago was hard working investigative reporting the news media today is upper elites only putting forward the narrative they want presented. People like Walter Cronkite don't exist anymore take people like Anderson Cooper he's one of the wealthiest vanderbilts in history he is an upper elitist they don't hire true journalism anymore they put spokespeople up there and all they're going to do is put forward a narrative they want you to believe.
@dale74 [quote]first I have been vax but I also support those who choose not to .[/quote]
I stand by my original statement. Government enforced vaccination is what it took to get rid of smallpox.
-Shadowfire
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@dale74 and I can say the same for "alternative" news sources. Alex Jones literally claimed school shootings are a hoax, soy feminises you and vaccines don't work. So far all those three statements were verified by fact checkers and scientists to be bullshit.
@dale74
[quote]that Trump colluded with Russia totally been disproven.[/quote]
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/bipartisan-senate-report-shows-2016-trump-russia-collusion.html
dale74 · M
@basilfawlty89 well if you're talking about fact checkers you might want to see who you're thinking about is fact checkers because it came out when questioning about fact checkers by several different organizations the organizations said fact checkers are technically just opinions and that's now in the court record
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@dale74 and who are these organisations questioning the fact checkers? InfoWars? OAN? Newsmax? Not exactly unbiased third party organisations.
dale74 · M
@LordShadowfire you talking about the piece of s*** that Adam Schiff put out that was proved to be totally fraudulent
dale74 · M
@basilfawlty89 CNN New York times Facebook Washington Post we're all questioned about fact checkers and they all admitted fact checkers are nothing more than opinions
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@dale74 questioned by whom? Provide a citation please.
dale74 · M
@LordShadowfire for some reason I don't think you're worth my time since you don't care to ever find out the truth for yourself all you need to do is a simple Google search
luckranger71 · 51-55, M
@dale74 Going back to your original comment, the government is forcing no one to get vaccinated for covid-19, whether they should or not. And there is obviously no censorship, otherwise the anti-vax nonsense would not be as pervasive as it is. Companies can decide what speech is allowed on their platforms, particularly if they feel it is the digital equivalent of yelling fire in a crowded theater. None of that violates the 1st amendment.
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@dale74 no. You don't get to do that. You made the claim, the burden of truth is upon you. If you back out, it just means you neither have proof nor evidence.
@dale74 In other words, you've got jack shit.
-Shadowfire

[image]-Corvus Blackthorne
twiigss · M
@basilfawlty89 Facebook admits the truth: ‘Fact checks’ are really just (lefty) opinion

Facebook finally admitted the truth: The “fact checks” that social media use to police what Americans read and watch are just “opinion.”

That’s thanks to a lawsuit brought by celebrated journalist John Stossel, which has exposed the left’s supposed battle against “misinformation” as a farce.

https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/facebook-admits-the-truth-fact-checks-are-really-just-lefty-opinion/

Oh btw, I did a simple Google search and found that info.
CountScrofula · 41-45, M
@twiigss Sounds like the government should forcibly take over and order around this private company to stop all this communism huh
twiigss · M
@CountScrofula No idea what they should do. That other guy wanted some kind of evidence so I was able to find it for him.
basilfawlty89 · 31-35, M
@twiigss https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post

A Murdoch tabloid rag that engages constantly in misinformation and sensationalism? That's your source?