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posted by FatPhil on Monday February 06 2017, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly
from the is-there-an-all-fake-news-sites-are-liars-paradox dept.

Over the last few months, we've talked about the weird obsession some people upset by the results of the election have had with the concept of "fake news." We warned that focusing on "fake news" as a problem was not just silly and pointless, but that it would quickly morph into calls for censorship. And, even worse, that censorship power would be in the hands of whoever got to define what "fake news" was.

Source: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170201/23481336610/bad-idea-worst-idea-having-ftc-regulate-fake-news.shtml


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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday February 07 2017, @02:29AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday February 07 2017, @02:29AM (#463850) Homepage Journal

    Yes, do please tell everyone how the poster boy libertarian adores state use of power. Might as well say you're a libertarian yourself and then go on about how you want the government to use its power to make people act, speak, and think like you believe they should some more.

    Here's a clue since I know you'll never get one for yourself: if you find yourself thinking your plans would work wonderfully if only you had better people, you're a tyrant. Or a wannabe tyrant in your case.

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  • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday February 07 2017, @03:25AM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Tuesday February 07 2017, @03:25AM (#463868) Journal

    How many cases of lightbulbs do you go through a month, projecting like that? You fool no one but yourself. I've seen all this shit happen before and it never ends well.

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    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @02:46AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 08 2017, @02:46AM (#464410)

      She's got you there, TMB you're definitely more the type that would make other people conform to your desires. I recall some thread where you bitched about employees and had all sorts of gripes, you're a tyrannical boss which is common for computer nerd types. Flexing your authority because you believe you're so much smarter / more insightful than everyone else.

      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday February 08 2017, @05:58AM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday February 08 2017, @05:58AM (#464456) Journal

        Look closer at his history: he is about the same as the very Steve Bannon we're railing against. He's in favor of "burning it all down," which is thinly-disguised code for a complete coup d'etat and remaking of the nation in his desires' image...and if you've seen the shit he posts you know what that is.

        The worst part is the bizarre, almost teenaged sense of invincibility and entitlement he has. He actually seems to think he's some kind of temporarily-embarrassed elite who will be showered in money and power in the new world. I've been telling him for ages now that the kind of fire that will burn it all down will consume him with it...and continue to ravage him in hell.

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