Larry Flynt and a shit ton of writers disagree

Treason used to incur much stiffer penalties than this. ** -- JSHoo 05/05/2021 2:28PM

Their decision. Congress can propose legislation regarding social media and -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:12PM

They should adopt the 2 live crew song........ ** -- Zhoo 05/05/2021 11:10AM

Me So Horny? ** -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 12:44PM

Thats one of them...... ** -- Zhoo 05/05/2021 2:50PM

Well, he is the enemy of the people ** -- Brown Water 05/05/2021 10:35AM

Unfortunate decision IMO. Helps Trump's brand, hurts the Dems AND the -- southdenverhoo 05/05/2021 10:01AM

You think Facebook cares about that? They're about profits, dude. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:14PM

Oh no doubt, and I think I've said that elsewhere in this thread. I used -- southdenverhoo 05/05/2021 12:22PM

Not entirely true, at least according to a friend who works there. -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 2:04PM

I don't really care about this decision either way. The entire objective of -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:32PM

Maybe incrementally, but they are going to scream victimhood no -- HoosWillWin 05/05/2021 12:11PM

He can. He violated their rules. He’s gone. Game over. -- WahooMatt05 05/05/2021 10:56AM

Oh I agree, it's their sandbox and their rules. And fuck him. But I just -- southdenverhoo 05/05/2021 11:23AM

As much as I like to mock lefties for going to the victimhood dismissal, -- Hoodafan 05/05/2021 11:30AM

Kevin McCarthy demoting Liz Cheney for telling the truth is the GOP today -- WahooMatt05 05/05/2021 11:29AM

That's the truth and it is exacerbated by social media. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:38PM

An interesting comparison. usually posters banned from the sabre get -- CAVern 05/05/2021 11:17AM

I don't get the celebration and this mentality. Are you guys this dumb or -- Hoodafan 05/05/2021 11:10AM

You do understand that social media isn't regulated very much? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:16PM

People already bitch about Twitter banning them -- WahooMatt05 05/05/2021 11:20AM

Can you point to all those lefties getting banned or suspended? Can you -- Hoodafan 05/05/2021 11:25AM

Trump was banned because he's an habitual liar who thought................. -- Chuck Taylor 05/05/2021 12:01PM

You're arguing Constitutional niceties, but that's not what this is about.. -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 11:37AM

Your standard "it's all a big conspiracy" argument. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:40PM

No. A conspiracy takes place in the shadows. This is just... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:46PM

Oh sure, if you say so. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:47PM

See, I don't think "Trump is an effective political opponent." I think he -- southdenverhoo 05/05/2021 12:12PM

I wouldn't include you with... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:22PM

I just want him to choke on one of his hamburgers. :) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:43PM

Ahh jeez, now you've done it-another lefty on TK & Hooda's "wished death -- southdenverhoo 05/05/2021 12:55PM

Seattle's smiley face is his legal shield on this one. We'll let it slide. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 1:03PM

I did resist pulling for COVID over Trump. But it was tempting.... :) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 1:08PM

If that useless shitpile had been a citizen and not POtuS with an instant -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 2:08PM

I will say that would have been the ultimate irony. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 1:15PM

I will say that would have been the ultimate display of karma had... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 1:17PM

Well assuming the guy croaks before I do, I won't be shedding any tears. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:58PM

That's why he keeps the Diet Coke handy, but I don't know if... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:54PM

Yeah when he presses the button now, do they deliver a Tab? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 1:02PM

Probably so, at least until Lindell Cola hits the market. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 1:04PM

Here’s one, but I know there’s a lot of examples out there -- WahooMatt05 05/05/2021 11:34AM

If a lefty ever organizes a mob to assault the Capitol through social media -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 11:53AM

Post it. Copy and paste Trump's post that organized a mob... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 11:57AM

Inside -- CMUHoo 05/05/2021 12:23PM

Yes, he publicized a political protest, which is... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:31PM

Everything he said on Twitter was mirrored to Facebook -- CMUHoo 05/05/2021 12:37PM

The reactions of anyone's supporters are irrelevant... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:41PM

That's not true, particularly when the person in question is President. You -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:45PM

You didn't provide a quote, so I'll assume you don't have one -- CMUHoo 05/05/2021 12:43PM

But he didn't incite a riot. You're just... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 1:01PM

Line of events -- CMUHoo 05/05/2021 1:08PM

Look, I get it... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 1:26PM

And that's why he hasn't been charged with a crime -- CMUHoo 05/05/2021 1:46PM

Your last paragraph is inaccurate... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 3:58PM

I don't think Trump's supporters are evil, just factually wrong -- CMUHoo 05/05/2021 4:24PM

Understood, and well-said, IMO. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 5:48PM

He personally led the attempted bloody coup! Straying from the hyperbolic -- Hoodafan 05/05/2021 12:09PM

Really no need to relitigate your lame alternative facts for the 50th time -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 12:00PM

Zero, as expected. Remember Q, the... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:17PM

You're an idiot. ** -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 12:26PM

LOLZ. Falling back on name-calling. Very on-brand. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:33PM

Yes, one anonymous dude no one has ever heard of, that called for death -- Hoodafan 05/05/2021 11:41AM

I could be wrong...but isn't that an example of a non-lefty being banned? -- Folly Beach Hokie 05/05/2021 11:39AM

No, pretty sure it’s a lefty who isn’t a fan of some of their righty staff -- WahooMatt05 05/05/2021 11:46AM

Did you post the right example? -- Folly Beach Hokie 05/05/2021 11:51AM

You’re right. My bad. ** -- WahooMatt05 05/05/2021 12:46PM

Social media is full of conservative viewpoints - just not seditious ones -- HptHokie 05/05/2021 11:19AM

On the other hand. -- Chuck Taylor 05/05/2021 10:48AM

Sunlight remains a pretty good disinfectant ** -- Manti Teo 05/05/2021 10:36AM

Meh. Don't feed the troll is the best way to deal with that asshole and -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 10:35AM

Why do you think his cult following is shrinking away? I don't really see -- JohnHoo2 05/05/2021 10:39AM

He will always have his nasty die-hard white trashionalists, but even some -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 10:48AM

I'm not as confident of that. I don't think he would run in 24, but if he -- JohnHoo2 05/05/2021 10:52AM

I disagree. He attempted to overthrow the government. -- hooshouse 05/05/2021 10:30AM

Bingo...maybe this is far-fetched, but I also wonder if a very rich right- -- Tuckahokie 05/05/2021 10:26AM

Tuck, social media creates camps intentionally. That is by design. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 05/05/2021 12:18PM

Facebook has millions of kooky right wing posters and posts. -- Shenhoo 05/05/2021 11:22AM

Wasn't that Parler? ** -- HptHokie 05/05/2021 11:19AM

Isn't that what Parlor intended to be? I don't think you even need to be -- JohnHoo2 05/05/2021 10:36AM

IIRC, there isn't really a way the right wing echo chamber could get worse -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 10:38AM

There are already numbers far right platforms in traditional ... -- Blah 05/05/2021 10:31AM

To say nothing of, you know, Facebook -- Fuzzy Dunlop 05/05/2021 10:36AM

One thing I noticed about Ben Shapiro ... -- Blah 05/05/2021 10:48AM

I never claimed Trump was silenced, my theoretical situation is could a -- Tuckahokie 05/05/2021 10:34AM

It can't be done without U.S. legislation protecting speech... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 10:43AM

They don't need to. They are already all over social media. -- Blah 05/05/2021 10:41AM

Agree -- tchoo 05/05/2021 10:55AM

I didn't even think of this aspect. IMO he should be able to speak unless -- CAVern 05/05/2021 10:24AM

This is an interesting issue. You know I'm for the independence ... -- Blah 05/05/2021 10:20AM

Great post. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 10:16AM

There are certainly thorny issues, but I guess my thought is that you -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 10:04AM

Lefty cowardice on full display. That’s a good sign. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 09:45AM

Its hilarious that you think big business tilts left. ** -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 10:06AM

I think the left favors suppressing speech it disagrees with, and... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 10:31AM

I very much dislike attempts by some on the left to do this, and I agree -- southdenverhoo 05/05/2021 12:18PM

Fair enough, but in this case... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:38PM

Larry Flynt and a shit ton of writers disagree ** -- Molina 05/05/2021 11:01AM

That line of thinking is not unique to either party, but that in no way -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 10:50AM

A few responses:... -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 11:01AM

Its great we have free speech, but much of you write is nonsense. -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 11:32AM

Correct, and he was "deemed a risk" for all the reasons I've laid out. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 11:48AM

Another risk that have is alienating Trump supporters, who will then stop -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 12:43PM

I'm just saying it's both. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 12:52PM

Repeat** -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 11:32AM

LA Hoothat is not a conservative. ** -- Blah 05/05/2021 10:21AM

That's true. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 05/05/2021 10:32AM

We know. ** -- Blah 05/05/2021 10:32AM

...big social media certainly does ** -- Folly Beach Hokie 05/05/2021 10:10AM

It tilts towards $$$. It tilts towards the center of gravity of public -- southdenverhoo 05/05/2021 10:21AM

Could, I think it tilts to the loudest, not the largest dollar though -- Folly Beach Hokie 05/05/2021 10:25AM

You don't think companies try to maximize profit? ** -- JohnHoo2 05/05/2021 10:43AM

Who are companies? -- Folly Beach Hokie 05/05/2021 10:50AM

Totally. No one loves FB more than Warren, Sanders, AOC, etc. -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 10:15AM

Big social media gave birth to Q. It created algorithms to keep people -- hoolstoptheheels 05/05/2021 10:15AM

I dont think it's that binary, i.e., a political move hurts economically -- Folly Beach Hokie 05/05/2021 10:20AM

I don’t actually think so, but neither of us works for them and -- hoolstoptheheels 05/05/2021 10:25AM

Yup, live by the sword, die by the sword...of social media ** -- Folly Beach Hokie 05/05/2021 10:26AM

Clearly there's a conservative void in social media -- HptHokie 05/05/2021 10:14AM

If the decision was made by an independent board of lawyers, -- hoolstoptheheels 05/05/2021 10:09AM

So Trump should be able to say anything on FB with no repercussions? -- HptHokie 05/05/2021 10:00AM

It's not Fascist when we work to control speech. It's threatening to us. ** -- ResistHoo 05/05/2021 09:57AM

“Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech.” -- SixerHoo 05/05/2021 10:03AM

Please point to the part of my post where I said anything about government. -- ResistHoo 05/05/2021 10:05AM

LOL! Says the guy who repeatedly posts “That’s different” ad nauseam and -- SixerHoo 05/05/2021 10:19AM

Careful...if you distract Resisthoo and force him to respond to posts here, -- TomGlansAski 05/05/2021 11:05AM

Tragicomic - you continually prove what a complete idiot you are. -- ResistHoo 05/05/2021 10:36AM

You fail to understand the relevance of my post and I’m the idiot. Right. -- SixerHoo 05/05/2021 10:48AM

^^^^ Trying to control the speech of someone arguing against speech control -- ResistHoo 05/05/2021 11:38AM

^^^ says the Soapbox’s stoopidest motherfucker ** -- WaxHoo 05/05/2021 10:15AM

I'd say this was unintentional, but if you know you're stupid, it's not. ** -- ResistHoo 05/05/2021 10:33AM

That’s all you got? -- WaxHoo 05/05/2021 10:36AM

Nice edit, idiot. ** -- ResistHoo 05/05/2021 10:37AM

All your speech are belong to us.** -- ResistHoo 05/05/2021 09:37AM

...and all of your 🍟 too. Better fire up a few more baskets ** -- TomGlansAski 05/05/2021 09:50AM

^^^^ Basket case who's certainly experienced with being fired ^^^^ ** -- ResistHoo 05/05/2021 09:54AM

Covefefe? ** -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 09:38AM

I don't like what i'm reading. Someone censor it for me! ** -- psychobilly 05/05/2021 09:27AM

Go to TSL and write “Hoakies are fucking losers - let’s storm the field at -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 09:35AM

Might get some takers with the Fuentes idea. ** -- hokie in cville 05/05/2021 09:45AM

LOL. ** -- HowieT3 05/05/2021 09:56AM

Trump basically says exactly that all day long. ** -- Molina 05/05/2021 09:31AM

But says FB must review within 6 months, ergo punts back to Zuck. ** -- SixerHoo 05/05/2021 09:23AM

Agreed. its not forever, but we dodged a bullet today. There are certainly -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 09:26AM

Yes but far worse. It’s speech that reaches massive numbers and its purpose -- Molina 05/05/2021 09:30AM

Hence "fire in a crowded theater" comment ** -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 09:32AM

That’s what I’m referring to. This is far worse than “Fire in a Crowded -- Molina 05/05/2021 09:34AM

My only point is that the potential damage from his comments -- Plano Hoo 05/05/2021 09:38AM

What a shame ** -- TomGlansAski 05/05/2021 09:20AM

Richly deserved ** -- WaxHoo 05/05/2021 09:12AM

So unfair. Just a disgrace. Greatest mistreatment EVER ** -- Hoo TV 05/05/2021 09:08AM

Facebook never banned Lincoln. Cant believe FB treating Trump even worse. ** -- JohnHoo2 05/05/2021 09:18AM

Abe preferred Insta. ** -- Molina 05/05/2021 09:32AM

He changed his profile pic to a black box for a full week after the -- WahooRQ 05/05/2021 09:37AM

Larry Flynt and a shit ton of writers disagree

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