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The social media giant may be guilty of violating of California law regarding discriminating against a political class, and being deceptive to their customer base. Twitter, by discriminating against people on the right, has exposed itself to a potential cascade of legal liability—including a potential class action suit.
Despite being from dangerous.com, this is not an attempted troll. The author gives a quite interesting analysis of Twitter's potential legal issues in censoring political speech in California.
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The Strong Case That Twitter Censorship Violates California's Civil Rights Laws
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In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it is against the law to open a soda bottle without
the supervision of a licensed engineer.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 25 2018, @08:35PM (9 children)
> that's it perfectly legal and okay to hit a Nazi type group-think
Or someone you called a Nazi five seconds before you started swinging.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 25 2018, @09:07PM (3 children)
I believe EDIII is on the liberal side of things actually, but apparently defending the civil liberties of shitheads automatically makes you also a shithead. Someone should tell the ACLU!
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 25 2018, @09:54PM (2 children)
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday January 25 2018, @11:11PM (1 child)
No mention of Mencken is complete without that quote.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @03:45AM
Why? Doesn't seem particularly relevant to anything here.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Thexalon on Thursday January 25 2018, @09:10PM (3 children)
The funny thing is the number of people with that kind of viewpoint that are saying "No, we're not Nazis, we're just hanging out with a group of white people who hate non-whites and Jews and appropriate Norse symbolism and use German words and phrases to advocate for basically the same ideology as the Nazis did."
That said, punching them is not the right response, unless they're trying to punch you. Which sometimes they are.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 25 2018, @10:56PM
Sorry bro, bashing them requires more muscle mass than I have.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday January 25 2018, @11:12PM
Count the actual numbers. They're a pathetic, non-issue boogie-man. They're just loud about it.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday January 26 2018, @03:40AM
The number is zero, amirite?
(Score: 2) by chromas on Thursday January 25 2018, @11:38PM
Punch a Nazi! [youtube.com]