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This year was such a letdown for most fans. Yeah, I know Alabama won yet another championship. But for the smaller schools, the big nonconference games mostly went away. Next year, hoping to see some more upsets like Louisiana taking down Iowa State.
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The underlying assumption is always that if you do not like X then there are dozens (or more) other options. In the case of something like Parler, there are few options in the short term. Long term, they would have to build their own internet infrastructure and you should be able to see how difficult that would be. Without Congress intervening, it is assumed that society will police this.
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Amazon de-platforming Parler is not a first amendment issue. Why? Amazon is not a government entity. The first Amendment clearly states that "Congress shall not...". Is this right? No. I have learned quite a bit recently about this and come to find out Amazon owns/operates a huge amount of servers/infrastructure behind the internet. That gives it power to do what it did with Parler.
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Twitter, amazon, google not liking something is not a first amendment issue. The reason is that these are not Congress or any government. Their protections against lawsuits (section 230) are not the same concept. However, that does not mean that you have to like what is going on. The focus IMO should not be on the first amendment but rather society being thin skinned.
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The arbiter of truth
impartialobserver replied to crazyhole's topic in No Holds Barred Political Forum
He has since passed away but my grandfather. While he was not the biological, he was married to my grandma from 1966 to when she passed in 2014. He was a WWII veteran that chose to live in the most remote of settings (as far as the lower 48 states are concerned). He was very Conservative but also a straight shooter. Unlike most, he would call people out on their exaggerations and baseless opinions. You did not run your mouth around him. When folks from the big city would come down river (as they call it), it was always fun watching him reduce their supposedly complex, sophisticated, nuanced, e -
The House has voted for impeachment
impartialobserver replied to rippy38's topic in No Holds Barred Political Forum
Any actions taken by the Senate will surely take longer than 6 days (when Biden is inaugurated) so it seems a bit hollow. -
NHB new rule addition.
impartialobserver replied to kfools's topic in No Holds Barred Political Forum
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The crud is getting closer to me..
impartialobserver replied to FivebyFive's topic in No Holds Barred Political Forum
Every place is different but it seems as if things were way worse back in April/May last year in my neck of the woods. A large percentage of the office and surrounding depts all came down with it in a very quick fashion. Since June 2020, not much to talk about