The Trump Presidency

[gameoverDude]

I'm mostly indifferent. This is the whole point of boycotting and other civil protests. You can't support boycotting Chick-fil-A for hating gays, or boycotting Target for supporting trans access to bathrooms and be against companies responding to customer concerns. This is literally how civil people in a civil society should act.

BUT, what does concern me is that the old people running these companies and institutions are not calibrated to gauge outcry in the internet age. They see 1000 tweets in the same way someone might see 100,000 customers in the 50s. This causes them to over react. Like the outcry over the scientist with the titty girl shirt. Or the lady that was fired from her prof job because she made an aids joke on twitter, etc.

It will obviously correct itself eventually, but it is mind blowing just how poorly equipped boomers are to deal with the internet and all that goes with it. They post horrible shit on it. And they react horribly to the result.

Hopefully this "eventually" is soon. These old people in charge need to realize 1000 negative tweets isn't that bad- especially if they're outnumbered by 10,000 good ones. Also, they need to remember it's not the 1950s.
Some of the punishments people get for a single tweet or blog post are too harsh, even if the poster crossed a clear line. It's like losing a hand for shoplifting. A "You fucked up, now say you're sorry" should be all that's really needed unless it's a habit.

[kedawa]

Infowars is no different than Weekly World News. It's questionable entertainment that serves as a good gullibility test.

[bbobb]

Except Weekly World News never incited shootings.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Infowars has?

[BonusKun]

I have 0 love for Alex Jones but deplatforming him only opens way too many doors for other levels of censorship.

[Bacon McShig]

Infowars has?

Yes?

You don't remember the guy going into the pizza place these nutjobs swore was George Soros' Pedo Underground Railroad and opening fire?

[cigsthecat]

Deplatforming!

[cigsthecat]

If you don't remember Pizzagate you're wasting your life.

[Calliander]

All that stuff about pedophiles is just the alt right turds projecting.

[Vasteel]

It's strange now that "liberal" is kind of the old-school/conservative/moderate ideology, while the right has more or less become the Edgelord Party whose core ethos is "Get off my nuts."

There's nothing strange about it. It seems entirely predictable that people employing the same tactics that the fundamentalists and Tipper Gores did in the 80's and 90's would get the same reaction.