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While Democracy Burns, Democrats Prioritize… Demolishing Section 230? (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

You could be forgiven at this point if you think that the Democrats are purposefully just helping fascism along on it's way.

Sure, removing Section 230 means that comment sections and user-generated content will likely just...disappear from the internet.

But I'm sure incentivizing these companies to basically become one-way communications mediums like television will somehow help the rampant censorship and abuse.

Further, it's yet to be even seen how much the Supreme Court is going to let Trump get away with. The courts may be out last enforcement mechanism, and the courts don't have police of their own to enforce their rulings. The US Marshalls report to Trump directly.

God, they're painfully useless and history will remember them as dilly-dallying fuckwits or worse co-conspirators hiding behind a veneer of legitimacy.

[–] jimmy90@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

did you campaign like this against the dems during the election too?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Some people cannot do a lot of active campaigning for health reasons. The person you just asked that question to is one of them. I just thought you should know that.

[–] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 10 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I can sort of see the justification: the nazi hate machine is powered by twitter, youtube, et al having 230 as a shield to hide behind, and once they start being liable all that hate and outrage bait is likely to evaporate very quickly. It's an ass-backwards way of getting there, but I can see a train of thought where it made some kind of sense.

[–] Ciderpunk@lemmy.world 15 points 12 hours ago

Yes, but this would require someone to enforce “Nazis bad” and lol @ thinking the current admin would do anything but clearly define anything to the left of Hitler as hate speech.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 10 hours ago

The article is by Mike Masnick, founder of Techdirt. To wit:

Jul 29, 2023Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists. Somehow, he's still an optimist about the promise of technology.

Well if he's got the ear of influential muckety-mucks what is he telling them? Who is his Senator? Also, not to nitpick but he doesn't actually sound optimistic.

Ooh he's credited with coining "the Streisand effect" so that's cool.

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Dems and repubs are the the same side of the same coin dipped in dog shit as far as im concerned.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Can I quote that when people say "bOtH sIDEs" is a straw man and no one actually argues it?

[–] Maiq@lemy.lol 7 points 12 hours ago

Sure.

[–] notsure@fedia.io -5 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I want to suggest if you live in a neighborhood of 1/3 acre properties: begin planning to convert the entire unbuilt property to some form of agriculture share and split growing responsibiity with willing neighbors be concerned and give aid to any in need accept that your local community starts the process to change the larger congress a person is not stupid, people are democracy only burns from the base up

[–] notsure@fedia.io 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

to all the downvoters, why?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

Probably because that's completely off-topic.

Your intentions are noble, but people do not appreciate that.

[–] notsure@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago

how to try to deflfect the national crises with holistic or even local solutioons

[–] notsure@fedia.io 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

how?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Because this is about the Democrats and Section 230 and you're talking about growing food.

[–] notsure@fedia.io -1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

no, i am talking about how to fight this is grass roots

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

I know what you are talking about. It is not the topic of this post. That is why you are getting downvoted.

You asked why you were getting downvoted, I told you, and now you're trying to argue with me about it. Which I am guessing is also going to get you downvoted.

Also, stop responding to me multiple times and in PM.

[–] notsure@fedia.io -1 points 1 hour ago

the spirit of my post, including the entire post must be valued

[–] notsure@fedia.io 0 points 1 hour ago

off topic because the answer is not what people ever want to hear

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Can you stop spamming that everywhere? Make a post if you want to.

Also, punctuation is your friend.

[–] notsure@fedia.io -2 points 11 hours ago

also, when people offer information that causes panic, why not offer useful solutions that do not infringe on anyone offering suggestions?

[–] notsure@fedia.io -5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

if i were spamming, it would show up on every post saying something stupid about that fuck also, spamming would require completely useless information so, is your head in the sand, or are you moving back to the ocean?

[–] notsure@fedia.io -1 points 3 hours ago

to all the downvoters, why?

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 0 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

basically forcing facepals and the xitter to pay for moderation.

there's three dems and three republQans on it, and it's not the worst idea in the world, but it's a vain attempt to have something, anything be bipartisan which - we all know how that goes.

If hell freezes over again it'll be gutted by amendments and ultimately need to be cleaned up by whatever billionaire pays to run the US next.