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I thought Republicans wanted less government in private business?

Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:49 pm
Posted by MoroccoMole
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2015
334 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:49 pm
Are you all really ok with Trump threatening to regulate a private business just because he is unhappy about his Google searches?

Talk about the ultimate snowflake meltdown.
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
13536 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:50 pm to
Google is publicly traded.
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:51 pm to
I’m just not cool with the pandora’s box that opens.
Posted by Antonio Moss
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
48319 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:52 pm to
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Google is publicly traded.




So?

Publicly traded still means its a private business.
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
10880 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:53 pm to
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I’m just not cool with the pandora’s box that opens.


I hate to tell you it’s already open.
Posted by ynlvr
Rocket City
Member since Feb 2009
4591 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:53 pm to
If you've been paying any attention to his negotiating tactics you will understand he is urging Google and the like to do a better ob of managing their shite in a more fair and balanced method to keep government out of their business. The man is opinionated that is for sure. So is Google.
Posted by Esquire
Chiraq
Member since Apr 2014
11640 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:53 pm to
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Google is publicly traded.


Try taking beginner high school economics again.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
260689 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:53 pm to
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Are you all really ok with Trump threatening to regulate a private business just because he is unhappy about his Google searches?

Talk about the ultimate snowflake meltdown.


You're confusing Trump loyalists with Republicans
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134865 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:55 pm to
I agree. Regulating Google is counter to everything the right claims to stand for yet here they are celebrating the possibility of it. This is the essence of tribalism.
Posted by MoroccoMole
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2015
334 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:55 pm to
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If you've been paying any attention to his negotiating tactics you will understand he is urging Google and the like to do a better ob of managing their shite in a more fair and balanced method to keep government out of their business. The man is opinionated that is for sure. So is Google.


I'm not cool with the President throwing his weight around to influence business. You shouldn't be either. Trump supporters have the choice to use a different search provider if they feel like they are being wronged. Google only has one president.
Posted by BamaScoop
Panama City Beach, Florida
Member since May 2007
53842 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:56 pm to
Do you mean like telling a baker he has to make a cake for queers? You people are so full of fricking shite that you actually think your argument makes sense. You are a fricking idiot.
Posted by MrLarson
Member since Oct 2014
34984 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:56 pm to
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I thought Republicans wanted less government in private business?



Most do


quote:

Are you all really ok with Trump threatening to regulate a private business just because he is unhappy about his Google searches?


This is the mother of all assumptions

If you don't like google then use something else
Posted by NYNolaguy1
Member since May 2011
20897 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:57 pm to
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Google is publicly traded.

Thats retarded.
That doesnt strip its freedom to offer services as it sees fit...?

Its not publicly owned, however.

If you think publicly traded companies dont have freedom of speech, you really wont like the resulting caselaw. Hobby Lobby never happens, and PAC's instantly die.

Its well established caselaw that pubicly traded companies have first amendment rights.
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 2:04 pm
Posted by Ross
Member since Oct 2007
47824 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:57 pm to
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Google is publicly traded.



doesn't make it public property

that's freaking retarded
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
48401 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:57 pm to
This republican doesn’t want govt intervention. I doubt trump asctually tries to intervene.

However, your attempt to point out hypocrisy is interesting. I thought democrats were all for regulating against discrimination. In California political affiliations are a protected class. Are you now against allowing government intervention when a private company discriminated against a protected class?
Posted by Green Chili Tiger
Lurking the Tin Foil Hat Board
Member since Jul 2009
47613 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:57 pm to
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Google is publicly traded.
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134865 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:59 pm to
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Google is publicly traded.



Jesus
Posted by Scrowe
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2010
2926 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:59 pm to
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Are you all really ok with Trump threatening to regulate a private business just because he is unhappy about his Google searches?


You do realize Google lobbied ti have regulations put on ISPs so that they didn't have to pay for their traffic. They then turn around and sell their search result hierarchy as an advertising agency. Must be nice to use the infrastructure provided by ISPs without having to pay for it like other businesses.
Posted by MoroccoMole
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2015
334 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 1:59 pm to
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This is the mother of all assumptions

If you don't like google then use something else



quote:

The Trump administration is “taking a look” at whether Google and its search engine should be regulated by the government, Larry Kudlow, President Trump’s economic adviser, said Tuesday outside the White House. “We’ll let you know,” Kudlow said. “We’re taking a look at it.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/08/28/trump-wakes-up-googles-himself-and-doesnt-like-what-he-sees-illegal/?utm_term=.eb0f5f06dd67

This is not an assumption.
Posted by MrLarson
Member since Oct 2014
34984 posts
Posted on 8/28/18 at 2:00 pm to
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I'm not cool with the President throwing his weight around to influence business. You shouldn't be either. Trump supporters have the choice to use a different search provider if they feel like they are being wronged. Google only has one president


To be fair

Google didn't build that, they got some help along the way. So they shouldn't complain when the government steps in.
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