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from the the-words-we-say division

This week, our two insightful aspect winners reply to New York’s plan to destroy free speech on-line in response to the Buffalo taking pictures. Initially, it is an nameless touch upon the concept on-line platforms are on the root of white supremacy:

Remind me once more, when was the KKK fashioned?

Second, Cat_Daddy feedback extra extensively on these sorts of Part 230 fights:

deep as a puddle

The part 230 dilemma between Democrats and Republicans tries to current itself as this ethical dilemma, when actually it isn’t. Each arguments are extraordinarily superficial. It’s not a fancy debate. It is simply two children arguing over a stuffed toy. The extra they pull in reverse instructions, the better the tear. And in the long run, you do not find yourself with a chunk of a toy, you simply get a tattered toy.

For the editor’s alternative on the insightful aspect, we begin with a remark from That One Man on new research suggesting that the web actually is not the true engine of disinformation:

Web: Open atmosphere the place you might be uncovered to quite a lot of sources and much more individuals who might or might not agree with a selected level and the place [Citation Needed] will be utilized in actual time.

cable information: Non-interactive medium the place there are two sides, one to look at and one to speak, with the latter having full management over what is alleged and coated. It additionally carries with it the looks of being ‘skilled’, since should you’re on TV in entrance of thousands and thousands of individuals together with your job to report the information, you could have some credibility, proper?

I can not think about why the latter would have extra of an impression than the previous in the case of the unfold of (mis)data…

The next is Rocky with a response to the weird declare that the license limitations on Amazon content material energy rings present are in some way not a copyright challenge:

Guess what underpins the power of states to license Tolkien’s works for the final 50 years?

On the enjoyable aspect, our first place winner is BVR responding to a irritating commenter:

Are your inside ideas as incoherent as your outer ideas?

Second, Stephen T. Stone merely calls consideration to the subheading of our submit about FBI brokers considering the Jan. 6 contributors did nothing unsuitable:

if-you-want-to-disrupt-peaceful-elections,-join-the-CIA

hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe

For the editor’s alternative on the enjoyable aspect, we begin with a remark from Thad about how Conservatives are nonetheless complaining about defunding the police that by no means occurred:

Not like all different conservative grievances, that are firmly rooted in actuality.

Lastly, it is Flakbait with a touch upon the fines AT&T faces for bribing an Illinois legislator:

Heard within the workplace of the CEO of AT&T:
$23 million high quality? (To administrative assistant) Verify the sofa for unfastened change.

That is all for this week, people!