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  • On the post: Twitter’s Legal Team Has Been An Aggressive Defender Of Free Speech; Will That Continue Under Musk?

    sumgai ( profile ), 02 May, 2022 @ 11:35am

    Yes, as a matter of fact...

    ... I am a dummy, and getting dumber every day that I have to take in and process your shit-postings.

    I’m talking about FREE SPEECH, NOT the First Amendment, dummy.
    Well, since you're going out of your way to make a(n imaginary) distinction of some sort, I'll politely ask you to enumerate the reasons why eveyrone else in your bat-shit crazy sphere is espousing the alleged protections of 1A, in their quest to have their own "speech" (colloquially known as bullshit) exempted from examination. I have a cozy blankie and a nice book I can read while waiting for your reply...

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    sumgai ( profile ), 02 May, 2022 @ 11:08am

    Go away.....

    Use AdGuard, either as an extension, or as a complete stand-alone program. Either way, you can eliminate any and all "cookie" warnings. Cookies themselves are an entirely different matter.

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    sumgai ( profile ), 02 May, 2022 @ 11:01am

    OK, James, I'll go along with that. Thanks.

  • On the post: Marjorie Taylor Greene Has A Bill To Burden Elon Musk’s Twitter With An Avalanche Of Frivolous Lawsuits

    sumgai ( profile ), 02 May, 2022 @ 10:53am

    Small websites would simply remove all user content...
    TorrentFreak (.com) has already done this, moving comments to a public-facing social media account. Nothing more than a word-salad in explanation. In fact, Disqus was already handling their comment section, so one can only wonder, was it done out of fear of a 230-less future, or....

  • On the post: Marjorie Taylor Greene Has A Bill To Burden Elon Musk’s Twitter With An Avalanche Of Frivolous Lawsuits

    sumgai ( profile ), 02 May, 2022 @ 10:38am

    I'll help you out ...

    ... with this one. Let's visit, for a moment, the USSC case of Miller vs California, 1973. To wit, Miller challenged the State's obscenity law (under which he was being prosecuted). To cut to the chase, we see:

    Miller argued that there should be a national obscenity standard, not one based on local community standards. But, the majority disagreed, famously writing that “[i]t is neither realistic nor constitutionally sound to read the First Amendment as requiring that the people of Maine or Mississippi accept public depiction of conduct found tolerable in Las Vegas, or New York City.”
    Let's zero in on that phrase "community standards". I posit that if the USSC can't even come to think that the nation is one giant community, then I'll throw this right back at you: who are you to decide that the Twitter community is invalid, that they can't think for themselves, nor define obscenity and other such offensive materials as they wish? Or most importantly: to reject membership in that community, if the majority of them should so desire? As a lesson in Civics, you should know by now that a community, whether on-line or in meat-space, acts to appoint (in some fashion) a leader, and that such leaders are charged with protecting the community in general from disruption. It doesn't matter one whit who chooses the guidelines for the community, it's the fact that such guidelines exist that is paramount. And if those guidelines are repugnant to a given community member? They are free to leave, and seek some other community. Pretty simple, that concept, don't you agree? But from what I'm gathering from your scribblings above, you want to be King Of All, and you want us to like it or lump it. I'll be friendly and give you some sound advice: Better be prepared, 'cause hot tar and feathers are NOT a good look. Or are you on a personal crusade to bring back that particular fashion?

  • On the post: Marjorie Taylor Greene Has A Bill To Burden Elon Musk’s Twitter With An Avalanche Of Frivolous Lawsuits

    sumgai ( profile ), 02 May, 2022 @ 10:12am

    I'm guessing...

    Of course he can't learn - look at how he "learned" that men are better dick-lickers than women.... Oh, wait... did he mean that men suck a better grade of dick, that women don't know how to choose which grade of dick to suck? Inquiring minds are curious... Obviously he also failed Basic Grammer. Sad, that waste of tax dollars for public education.

  • On the post: Marjorie Taylor Greene Has A Bill To Burden Elon Musk’s Twitter With An Avalanche Of Frivolous Lawsuits

    sumgai ( profile ), 02 May, 2022 @ 10:06am

    And who hired you to decide for every other person in the world what “spam” is?
    Hormel?

  • On the post: Marjorie Taylor Greene Has A Bill To Burden Elon Musk’s Twitter With An Avalanche Of Frivolous Lawsuits

    sumgai ( profile ), 02 May, 2022 @ 10:03am

    How to reason, Lesson 1

    Masnick: It’s almost as if none of them have thought through any of this. Koby: .... but so far this sounds like this legislation has been very well thought out.
    That's quite a dichotomy.
    • Common carrier for monopolies
    • 3rd party speech protection
    • moderation allowed only allowed against obscenity and illegal activity
    • and due process for platforms that discriminate based on political affiliation.
    Four points that are exactly what the writers of the Bill of Rights were worried about strongly enough that they made sure that the key to preventing them was enshrined in the very first Amendment. Further:
    Marjorie Taylor Greene — not exactly known for understanding, well, anything...
    You defend her at your personal peril. She got to where she is by dragging her opponents down to her level, and then beating them with vast experience. Do you honestly want to be known for associating yourself with that kind of thing? Hell's Bells, she couldn't even come up with something original, she just copied note for note a bill that was roundly laughed out of the Senate this time last year. I'll bet she was hoping that everybody would've forgotten that fiasco by now, and now would be a good time to try again. Your last chance:
    The IQ of the universe is a constant - the population of Trump followers is increasing.
    What do you suppose might be the ramifications of that statement?

  • On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

    sumgai ( profile ), 01 May, 2022 @ 11:24pm

    By some strange quirk of fate....

    .... I too would like to exercise my rights. After all, if you get your way like this:

    I want to say what I’m thinking and what’s on my mind without fear of repercussion.
    ... then I should be able to get my rights to swing my fist around in circles without fear of any repercussions, shouldn't I? I mean, if your nose gets in the way of my fist, then there's no problem, is there. And if you do think there's a problem, then it's all on you, because if you swing your fist back at me, then that's a repercussion, which, by your own lights, I don't have to suffer any such thing. Right? RIGHT?? Why do I bother.... In fact, why do any of us bother. I thought it was a perfectly good Rule of Internet Law that one must not feed the trolls. They aren't here to learn, they're here only to, what's today's favorite saying? Oh yeah.... they're here to "own the libs". How droll. 21 responses to just one comment, the first one. FFS, I've seen more intelligent discussions on Chaterbate.

  • On the post: It Can Always Get Dumber: Ron DeSantis Moves To Eliminate The Ridiculous Disney Exemption To His Unconstitutional Social Media Bill Because He’s Mad At Disney

    sumgai ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2022 @ 09:38pm

    .... like they’ll do for you beating them regularly
    Maddox, is that you?!

  • On the post: Yes, Of Course Drug Patents Drive Up Drug Prices; Why Is This Even Up For Debate?

    sumgai ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2022 @ 09:11pm

    Thanks...

    ... for making my point for me. Unless you are 100% sure you want to commit suicide, then you are indeed mentally dependent on getting the life-saving drug, as well as physically dependent. You could be said to be "hooked on life" so much that you aren't willing to give it up until it really is your time to go. But in point of fact, there are beaucoup people out there who wish to Gawd that they could kick the 'habit'. Their mental dependence is subject for many a fine debate amongst the cognoscenti.

  • On the post: Twitter’s Legal Team Has Been An Aggressive Defender Of Free Speech; Will That Continue Under Musk?

    sumgai ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2022 @ 09:02pm

    Peanuts, anyone?

    Good ol' Rupert. He bought Myspace for 595 million bucks, and sold it for just $6 million. (No wonder he has a hard-on for Zuckerberg and Facebook.) One has to wonder, how close can Musk come to that record of, what, a 99% write-off (a "mark down" in accounting circles)?

  • On the post: Twitter’s Legal Team Has Been An Aggressive Defender Of Free Speech; Will That Continue Under Musk?

    sumgai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 10:32pm

    If you understood.....

    • If you mean “defending people’s ability to say what they want as that is what Free Speech is”, then no, no they have not.*
    If you actually understood what the Founding Fathers meant when they penned the First Amendment, you'd be dangerous! As it is..... Pretty sure I can sleep tonight without any fear.

  • On the post: Twitter’s Legal Team Has Been An Aggressive Defender Of Free Speech; Will That Continue Under Musk?

    sumgai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 10:22pm

    crap!

    .... want unfettered access to an audience. Geez, some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed, let along try to proof-read my own drivel. I swear.......

  • On the post: Twitter’s Legal Team Has Been An Aggressive Defender Of Free Speech; Will That Continue Under Musk?

    sumgai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 10:15pm

    It's unfortunate because

    Content moderation is where most people encounter censorship, not lawsuits
    You're correct in that most people don't participate in lawsuits, comparatively speaking. But nonetheless, the "most people" you're speaking of are the ones who, like you, fail to think discriminately. (And here, I'm using the original definition of the word, to reason out first the ramifications of one's words or actions.) If I personally impede your speech, that's not only not censorship, that's me simply telling you in no uncertain terms that I don't want to hear your shit. If Twitter impedes your speech, that's Twitter, acting as a representative appointed by the majority of ts users, telling you that they don't want to hear your shit. No difference, except in the size of audience. And therein lays the rub. You and your kind (the non-thinkers) want unfettered to an audience the size that Twitter commands. In the same light, you aren't satisifed with the size of the audience available on Parler, Gab, T.S. (rhymes with B.S.) etc. Those are second tier, or low-hanging fruit, thus they aren't good enough for you - you want the top rung of the ladder, don't you. OK hotshot, here's your simple task for the day: find me the point in the Constitution that makes any kind of distinction as to size of audience to which you are entitled. It's there, in black and white, all you have to do is point it out to us, and we'll stop hammering you. Hell, I'll even take you off my auto-ban list, how's that for a prize?

  • On the post: Twitter’s Legal Team Has Been An Aggressive Defender Of Free Speech; Will That Continue Under Musk?

    sumgai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 09:43pm

    I'll give it....

    .... two months before the exodus can no longer be ignored, or written off as "a bunch of whiners", etc. I'll give Twitter in general 6 months, and it's a ghost of its former self. The only ones left will be the journalists looking for things to report, three-letter government agencies scoping out potential targets, and those whom Bill Gaines used to call "the usual gang of idiots". Those estimates were before I read TFS. Now, I'll cut them in half.

  • On the post: Yes, Of Course Drug Patents Drive Up Drug Prices; Why Is This Even Up For Debate?

    sumgai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 09:07pm

    Hooked

    It's not even opioids, it's almost any life-saving drug as well. Trust me, if you skip such a drug for a few days, and you start feeling like you're gonna die, you WILL get back on that drug, post-haste. That's the very definition of "hooked". After all, if you aren't living, you can't get high.... or so I've been told. ;)

  • On the post: Yes, Of Course Drug Patents Drive Up Drug Prices; Why Is This Even Up For Debate?

    sumgai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 09:00pm

    Wherefore Art Thou, Oh Anonymous?

    *....corruption and dishonesty, which should be responded to by publicly calling them out on it *
    If only the Legions of Anonymous would arise from the ashes and expose the secret bank accounts of these assholes, we'd see a better country almost overnight.

  • On the post: Yes, Of Course Drug Patents Drive Up Drug Prices; Why Is This Even Up For Debate?

    sumgai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 08:54pm

    How should I upvote this

    .... funny or insightful? Both are so true!

  • On the post: Yes, Of Course Drug Patents Drive Up Drug Prices; Why Is This Even Up For Debate?

    sumgai ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2022 @ 08:49pm

    Beaten to the punch

    AC, of course I can't prove you wrong, you've stated unassailable observations that even T.T. hisownself couldn't disprove!! All I can say is, you beat me to it. But any "curses" I might issue will be uttered in the direction of the Senator most closely fitting the description of corrupt, greedy, and couldn't-give-a-fuck-less-about-the-public-at-large.

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