Deranged Rhino

(added) An example that has nothing to do with partisanship (or shouldn't) -- Iran, one of the world's most brutal and despicable regimes, is allowed to spout off unchecked (including pushing terrorist propaganda). Trump's tweets about mail-in voting don't threaten the lives of any innocents, but Iran's regime often tweets information, propaganda, and disinformation which is designed to threaten the lives of innocents. Twitter says one is a danger, while giving the other a pass. Why? I can't be sure. Maybe it's money. Maybe it's some ***** up sense of PC gone wrong. Either way, it's problematic.

If you take some time to read through the thread, you'll see that there's a lot of debate about how to solve the issue -- with no clear answer. While there are no clear answers yet, from any partisan camp let alone the "gov't", what is clear is that the power and influence of social media and the technology behind it are both here to stay. An algorithm and a few lines of code can effectively influence a huge swath of consumers in a way the television or phone never could. There's no easy answer, but the only wrong answer I can see is to pretend that it's not rife for abuse and corruption.

I've never asked for anyone to be banned. Not once. Not even last night. I said what was done was a bannable offense, and it is. But when the facts aren't on your side: lie. Right? Who knew I controlled what Trump posts

More people identify him for what he actually is: a defender of those who prey on children. That's been a huge bulk of his posting down here for the past four years. It's disgusting, vile, and completely on brand for a "man" like him. A man who laughs at victims, who obfuscates their pain and information in order to run cover for the perpetrators so they can continue to abuse and harm children. Gary's a lot of things. But a good person, or even a decent man is not either. He's weak, sad, and now a desperate enabler of the worst kind of evil. That's his legacy -- strewn throughout all his alts.

☝️ Umm... that seems like a real, organic, human account.

Extremely. I cite from all across the spectrum. But that was a dodge. I was sincerely asking you that question because their track records has been incredibly poor. That's not a political statement, nor a partisan one. That's the factual record: * They got WMD in Iraq wrong (some intentionally) * They got government spying/mass surveillance pre-Snowden wrong (some intentionally) * They got Brexit wrong * They got the 2016 election wrong * They got "Russia-gate" not only wrong, but backwards (some knowingly, some won awards for it) That's just a small slice of the of their record too. Those were huge stories, some with tabs which we will be paying off for generations to come. And they not only dropped the ball on them, they went out of their way to do so -- then, lied/deflected/diminished their role after the fact. The coverage of this pandemic from start to finish in the establishment media has not been an improvement on the above track record. The difference is, more people than ever are seeing right through it -- not because of partisanship, but because the establishment media has never been more transparent about their true agenda then the past several years. So politics aside, partisanship aside, Trump aside, Biden aside -- why do you, an otherwise sane and intelligent person, continue to give them any credibility whatsoever when they've proven to you over and over that truth is not their primary agenda?

This isn’t conspiracy. It’s reality. Honest question: with everything you’ve seen from the media just these past four years, including three years of endless promises and prognostications that the president of the United States conspired with Russia to steal the 2016 election — why do you continue to buy in to their obvious agenda and lies?

It shouldn’t be — agreed. But it always was, right from the start, because the media is playing sides and astoundingly dishonest.

One major difference is there's more actual evidence (not invented) to support digging into Joe than there ever was to open the Russia probe.

True indeed

This is a "normal" reaction, right? Not at all nuts...

As I said, you just keep proving me correct.

Another leaker identified I'm guessing.

You're a ***** person, and a coward. And you continue to prove it. Posting a picture of a man's wife is too far. Try to defend it, but it's a ban worthy offense.

It absolutely should. It’s against the TOS.

And none of that, in any way, has anything to do with whether or nor our natural state as humans is to live in fear. Which was your original, wrong, statement.