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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: Today at 03:27:46 PM »

Whatever Trump gets charged with can't he just take it to the stacked supreme court where his buddies owe him a solid?

No, that's now how our court system works. If Trump is charged with a crime he'd have to lose in the lower courts first, then it would move up to a higher court, then he'd have to lose his case again, and appeal again (not sure exactly how it climbs up the courts), then after all that, the SC can decline to hear the case and send it back down. I doubt he'd do that, he would probably plead guilty to something and get off with a fine.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: Today at 12:06:10 PM »

I watched two clips from that one on youtube this morning. I made a spotify acct so I could watch JRE (and a couple others) but I never remember to look at spotify.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump didn't do it

« on: Today at 12:02:59 PM »

She is awesome.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump didn't do it

« on: Today at 10:48:33 AM »

Tom starts with a T, Bom starts with a B.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 15, 2021, 06:49:08 PM »

I do t know what’s going on here. Anyway, recent events should have reminded people here in the US that the first amendment only applies to the government. Companies are free to do what they want as long as it doesn’t violate any laws.

We haven't been talking about the 1st amendment. We've been talking about the tech oligarchy controlling speech on the internet.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump didn't do it

« on: January 15, 2021, 06:01:00 PM »

Keven Sorbo was really jealous of Lucy Lawless.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump didn't do it

« on: January 15, 2021, 05:12:47 PM »

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Marijuana prohibition nearing an end?

« on: January 15, 2021, 05:12:00 PM »

Well, tbh I stopped reading your post right after you said "we are not approaching an end to marijuana".

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Why do you support donald trump

« on: January 15, 2021, 03:17:25 PM »

I'm betting it's a bit more than pee on the floor for the Obamas to ban them from ever returning.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Who will win the election?

« on: January 15, 2021, 03:11:44 PM »

Yeah, they are free to talk tough right now. We'll see what they do in a couple years!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Marijuana prohibition nearing an end?

« on: January 15, 2021, 03:10:50 PM »

The thread isn't about the end of marijuana, it's about the end of marijuana prohibition.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Why do you support donald trump

« on: January 15, 2021, 10:19:01 AM »

OH gross. Why can't they just have good manners?  I think the portable toilet solution is the way to go if they're so nasty.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 15, 2021, 09:51:31 AM »

JJA, I shall ban you for a few days if you don't stop being retarted.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 15, 2021, 09:22:46 AM »

Because your retarted and can't have a normal conversation without turning it into some ridiculous straw man that you demand others defend.

I'm not using a straw man argument. My argument is very simple.

"Saying the word "sex" will get your video demonetized!"

I am saying that is an exaggeration and hyperbole. No straw man there.

You said "words have meaning" and then proceeded to get the definition of "will" mixed up with "shall".

Will in the way I used it means - used to express frequent, customary, or habitual action

You can narrow that down to frequent action. If you don't believe that it happens frequently, I don't care.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 15, 2021, 07:40:32 AM »

Because your retarted and can't have a normal conversation without turning it into some ridiculous straw man that you demand others defend.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Who will win the election?

« on: January 14, 2021, 05:34:10 PM »

I live out in middle of nowhere Florida and there's supposed to be something happening in town Saturday. I don't know what, but I think a pro Trump rally of some sort.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump didn't do it

« on: January 14, 2021, 05:12:55 PM »

Nope. There is evidence that Antifa was there.



ANTIFA attempting to break CAPITOL glass as thousands of Trumpers tell ANTIFA to stop, you can even hear Alex Jones in the background "STOP THEM STOP THEM STOP THEM"

This was a really interesting video. I have no doubt there were antifa there causing trouble, but why didn't they disguise themselves better? 

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 04:54:18 PM »

Why are you being so weird? This is a conversation not a math equation.

The word guarantee is your straw man, the word you added. I said saying "sex" will get your video demonetized because it has gotten videos demonetized. Most people have the ability to make conversation and determine the other person's meaning. Now you're continuing to argue about nothing, because you're one of those people who argues about nothing, and then eventually you will complain that the thread has gone on for a 100 pages when you've made sure the thread has gone on for a 100 pages.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 04:16:37 PM »

How will a single video that still has ads on it prove to you that the video was demonetized? You are skipping this bit of information in order to continue your weird obsession of disagreeing with me on everything.

I never said simply saying "sex" was a guarantee of anything. That's your straw man!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 03:54:51 PM »

I find it very strange that you doubt videos have been demonetized for such arbitrary reasons, to the point you need me to find a single video. These demonetized videos still exist, they still have ads on them, you can't tell they're demonetized just by watching. If you follow any of these creators on other social media, you would know when they lose monetization. If you bothered to even look into the topic before disagreeing with me, you would know.  You have a compulsion to disagree with me on any subject, if I said it was a bit chilly out you'd probably want proof.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 03:17:07 PM »

I can either believe the people who actually have monetized youtube content, or JJA who pretends he does.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 01:27:45 PM »

I don't believe you have a youtube channel, but I'm not surprised you're trying to claim you do so you can appeal to your own authority! lol

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 12:55:10 PM »

You are so fucking weird! How am I being dramatic? We're having a conversation about Youtube demonetizing videos, and you don't even have a basic knowledge of what is happening and won't even make the effort to find out. Using your search engine of choice, look for the demonetized words. You will also find a history channel being demonetized for talking about the Nazi era (not promoting Nazis). You will find all kinds of people talking about losing their Youtube income because the algorithm doesn't discriminate between critical discussions of topics, and salacious promotion of ideologies and activities. 

For at least the 3rd time. Youtube still runs ads on these videos, they just don't share the revenue with the content creators.

Here, a couple youtubers tested the algorithm and found words that automatically trigger demonetization https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1ozg1Cnm6SdtM4M5rATkANAi07xAzYWaKL7HKxyvoHzk/htmlview#

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 12:20:05 PM »

Why do you need the specific video in order to have the conversation? Youtubers started bleeping the words so they wouldn't get demonetized when discussing these topics. These same topics are discussed on TV with advertisers not minding at all. You're being weird (as usual).

The advertisers aren't opting out of these videos. They don't give a shit about most of it, especially considering a lot of it is tamer than what you'd watch on TV. Youtube still puts ads on these videos, they just don't share the revenue with the content creators.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 12:03:57 PM »

Blaire White bleeps out the word "sex" "pedo" "pedophile" etc when talking about those subjects. 

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 11:48:16 AM »

Saying the word "sex" will get your video demonetized!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: The attack on 'free speech'

« on: January 14, 2021, 11:11:47 AM »

Now I want to complain about youtube censorship for a minute. As far as I know, they are pretty good about taking illegal content down, and I don't have a problem with that. I don't have a problem with them banning people who incite violence and that sort of thing. My problem with them is how they've weaponized monetization to control speech. Any channel that discusses topics they don't like, or has political views they don't like faces demonetization. Youtube lies and says the advertisers don't want to be associated with the content, but they put ads on those videos anyway. They just keep all the ad revenue for themselves.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump didn't do it

« on: January 14, 2021, 11:02:46 AM »

I split Tom's derailment off because it hasn't got anything to do with censorship and free speech. Carry on!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Why do you support donald trump

« on: January 14, 2021, 10:41:06 AM »

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/01/14/secret-service-bathroom-ivanka-trump-jared-kushner/

The $3,000-a-month toilet for the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner Secret Service detail

Many U.S. Secret Service agents have stood guard in Washington’s elite Kalorama neighborhood, home over the years to Cabinet secretaries and former presidents. Those agents have had to worry about death threats, secure perimeters and suspicious strangers. But with the arrival of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, they had a new worry: finding a toilet.

Instructed not to use any of the half-dozen bathrooms inside the couple’s house, the Secret Service detail assigned to President Trump’s daughter and son-in-law spent months searching for a reliable restroom to use on the job, according to neighbors and law enforcement officials. After resorting to a porta-potty, as well as bathrooms at the nearby home of former president Barack Obama and the not-so-nearby residence of Vice President Pence, the agents finally found a toilet to call their own.

But it came at a cost to U.S. taxpayers. Since September 2017, the federal government has been spending $3,000 a month — more than $100,000 to date — to rent a basement studio, with a bathroom, from a neighbor of the Kushner family.

A White House spokesperson denied that Trump and Kushner restricted agents from their 5,000-square-foot home, with its six bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms, and asserted that it was the Secret Service’s decision not to allow the protective detail inside. That account is disputed by a law enforcement official familiar with the situation, who said the agents were kept out at the family’s request.

You may not poo!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Who will win the election?

« on: January 14, 2021, 09:42:52 AM »

The GOP is full of self-serving selfish assholes who care for nothing but their own enrichment.

...and the Democrats?

How dare you! The Democrats are pure.

The Democrats aren't pure, but they at least don't continue to support someone who insults them, their wives, their fathers, and anyone who possibly gets in the way.

Well, this is true, but they are a bunch of self serving assholes!