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Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:09 am to Jjdoc
I always thought Trump would destroy the GOP. He has turned them against free trade, he couldn't get them to agree on Obamacare, they can't balance a budget but for 8 years that's was a main talking point. Now the party leader of deregulation is wanting to regulate google because he wants to see more positive news articles about himself. It's just like his rants against Amazon. 
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:10 am to Nguyener
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Now, if Facebook and Twitter begin promoting only progressive content and silencing conservative speech then they are no longer open platforms and they are closer to content publishers and thus they have made a choice as a company to open themselves up to all of the regulation and consequences that come with that. That is an important distinction. They make a free choice to enter the market of content publishers instead of open platforms. These regulations already exist and for good reason. No need to enumerate more powers and regulations to the government.
This is exactly what they are doing.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:11 am to PanhandleTigah
That's the same thing as saying.... my husband beats me,but I can't fight back because if I do it will get worse.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:12 am to hawkeye007
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always thought Trump would destroy the GOP. He has turned them against free trade
Not true at all. Lmao!
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:12 am to Jjdoc
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The first has been used in anti trust cases for a very long time.
When Google controls that much of the internet and then make the decision to not allow free trade and thought and speech, they have violated other people's rights. We are petitioning the government for redress of grievances, which is protected by the First Amendment.
You're not even close.
Read up on it a little more so you can discuss it at a higher level.
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Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:14 am to Ross
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we cannot cheer deregulation and then think it’s good here and not look like hypocrites
What? 2 different things. Very different.
What you can not do is claim free market when a business... a single business owns that market.
Antitrust laws.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:17 am to Jjdoc
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When Google controls that much of the internet and then make the decision to not allow free trade and thought and speech, they have violated other people's rights. We are petitioning the government for redress of grievances, which is protected by the First Amendment.
Yeah that’s not how free speech or anti-trust laws work. You’re doing mental gymnastics.
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 11:18 am
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:17 am to Jjdoc
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What you can not do is claim free market when a business... a single business owns that market.
Antitrust laws.
And the collusion too.
All businesses collude to shut down Alex Jones the same day.
All the "True Conservatives" scream, "Look it's the Free Market."
Lols
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:18 am to Jjdoc
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a single business owns that market.
Bing
DuckDuckGo
Dogpile
Yahoo
etc. all take offense to that statement.
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Antitrust laws.
Dominant market share is not a violation of Antitrust Law.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:20 am to Jjdoc
Their are out of their authoritarian minds. They want to control everything. Perhaps Trump should read the First Amendment.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:23 am to 995webmaster
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anti-regulation Republicans
I am a Republican, well, I am conservative and I do not want the government regulating Google...
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:30 am to WillieNelsonsDoobie
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Did this ever happen?
Yes, actually, if you read the thread, there are plenty in here saying no.
Wouldn't have been easier to just read than to look like an idiot?
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:34 am to Jjdoc
Donald Trump.....defender of free market capitalism
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:35 am to Jjdoc
quote:If a husband is being abusive it can absolutely get worse when a woman fights back....so you do what is the best course of action - you leave...which is what can be done with the Tech Mafia.
That's the same thing as saying.... my husband beats me,but I can't fight back because if I do it will get worse.
There is a way to get these guys in line without introducing more government regulation. There is a conservative market; investors just need to put their money in it. As Dan Bongino says, advertise your service as "we're not those guys".
Banks, social media, etc...build a new product for everyone!!! As Dan said, Murdock branded Fox News as Fair and Balanced and people finally saw some of their views on TV. And it's a complete success!!!
Let the market sort this out, not the government.
This post was edited on 8/28/18 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:36 am to AUbused
Calling Silicon Valley the Free Market is like calling the MSM the Free Press.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:36 am to Jjdoc
quote:What business do they own?
What you can not do is claim free market when a business... a single business owns that market.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:42 am to The Maj
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I am a Republican, well, I am conservative and I do not want the government regulating Google...
Google lobbied years ago to bypass paying for their traffic under the guise of being a search engine. They are now an ad agency selling the top spots in their searches along with squashing competition of those that pay them for the right price.
They are not upholding their end of the bargain that granted them protection. Those who want the free market to allow things to work out are ignorant to the fact that Google is not in the free market, ISPs cannot charge them for the massive amounts of traffic that is used when using Google. The government doesn't need to regulate them, they just need to remove Google's protection from the free market.
As far as Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites, they are also being protected under the guise that they are free range forums and are not responsible for what is posted on their forums yet they censor things that do not promote a certain agenda which should allow their protections to be stripped as well leaving them vulnerable to the free market and massive amounts of law suits that should unfold from them allowing certain speech that is actually harmful while not allowing other speech that just goes against their agenda.
Government oversight is not needed, nor regulations, just remove their protections and let things work themselves out.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:43 am to Jjdoc
The spin by the Trumpkins in this thread is impressive. Even a very conservative Supreme Court would shoot this down. This is a no brainer.
This board cracks me up.
Suddenly regulations and tariffs are "conservatives" tools.
This board cracks me up.
Suddenly regulations and tariffs are "conservatives" tools.
Posted on 8/28/18 at 11:46 am to Scrowe
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Government oversight is not needed, nor regulations, just remove their protections and let things work themselves out.
This sounds reasonable, what is the counter argument?
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