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3 hours ago, Chalkie said:

I watched a fellow with a big motorhome unloading a Tesla from an auto hauler trailer along with his Can-Am Spyder and eBike.  

 Maybe the fellow with cool toys knows Santa Clause and has been nice.  Have you been naughty? 🙂

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42 minutes ago, GR "Scott" Cundiff said:

Interesting - I was able to read it without being subscribed.

 

Many websites provide free access to a few articles, and then switch to some form of blocking. 

I suspect 2gypsies has accessed more WSJ free articles than you have.  And has crossed a pay wall threshold of the number of free views allowed.

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5 minutes ago, pjstough said:

But not against the law, nor a violation of the US Constitution.

We discussing getting banned from twitter. My comment is considered a hate speech today. 

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10 minutes ago, GlennWest said:

We discussing getting banned from twitter. My comment is considered a hate speech today. 

This is so true in today's culture. If some elements of society don't like what you say or believe, their response is to ban you, malign you and attack you personally. Jay

 

 
 
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18 minutes ago, Jaydrvr said:

This is so true in today's culture. If some elements of society don't like what you say or believe, their response is to ban you, malign you and attack you personally. Jay

But there are many that deliberately post misinformation and lies to further their personal agenda, never mind what is true.  They operate on the belief that if you tell a lie enough time, people will eventually perceive it as truthful.  There needs to be a way to flag outright untruths as such.

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"But hate speech today is sometimes just common sense."

"Example?"

"Saying homosexual is sin and against God. You asked."

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Courageous answer.

Honest question: Does Twitter prohibit people from saying homosexual is sin and against God?

p.s. Didn't see pjstough's post before I posted

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3 minutes ago, DanZemke said:

"But hate speech today is sometimes just common sense."

"Example?"

"Saying homosexual is sin and against God. You asked."

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Courageous answer.

Honest question: Does Twitter prohibit people from saying homosexual is sin and against God?

Did me.

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1 hour ago, DanZemke said:

Hopefully Musk will change that.

The issue comes down to who gets to decide what is untrue. That is the reason that both politics and religion are not allowed on this or many other forums. It is very difficult to discuss any subject related to either without emotions getting involved. 

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9 hours ago, Kirk W said:

The issue comes down to who gets to decide what is untrue.

Actually, that's not an issue at all.  Twitter gets to decide.

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1 hour ago, DanZemke said:

Actually, that's not an issue at all.  Twitter gets to decide.

Or management, or some regulatory agency, or …………………

If we have different religions we might each absolutely know what is a fact yet have opposing opinions of what is a fact. Lately politics seems to have created the same situation with political opinions and sometimes other subjects. There is a fine line between debating and arguing. I think that all of us sometimes have difficulty avoiding it. 

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"Actually, that's not an issue at all.  Twitter gets to decide."
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        "Or management, or some regulatory agency, or …………………"
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Nope, Twitter decides on the specific issue Glenn brought up.  And "management" is part of Twitter.

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52 minutes ago, DanZemke said:

"Actually, that's not an issue at all.  Twitter gets to decide."
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        "Or management, or some regulatory agency, or …………………"
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Nope, Twitter decides on the specific issue Glenn brought up.  And "management" is part of Twitter.

It was my distinct impression that Kirk was commenting generally, not specifically. Jay

 

 
 
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Here's a TED talk video conversation with Elon Musk from two weeks ago.  The first 10 minutes and 15 seconds are about Tesla.  The remaining 45 minutes of the conversation is about Musk the person, including his thoughts about Twitter.

Elon Musk talks Twitter, Tesla and how his brain works — live at TED2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdZZpaB2kDM

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Under DHS the Biden administration has created a new board to confront misinformation on the internet.  This board was assembled days after Musk and Twitter agreed on his purchase.  So maybe the government will decide?  This isn't the forum to discuss that but it appears as if there is another player involved. 

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28 minutes ago, pjstough said:

Got a link to the new board and its powers and duties, and members?

I first heard of the board when there were reports of Musk comments about it.  I now see that Fox has a headline on it but I don't know how much detail they have.

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