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An Actual Knock at the Door?

Comment comment by LordDilly on 24 May 2006

Some folks, usually of the far-left fringe tin-foil hat wearing crowd, proclaim loudly that the "Man" is busy suppressing their opinions and "facts", oblivious to the fact that if someone is actually listening who isn't behind a two-way mirror or holding the business end of a firing squad, then they are not, in fact, being suppressed. I find these wackos to be useful idiots. If you can still here them yakking, then the "Man" hasn't begun squashing dissent.

What happens, however, if the voices being silenced aren't far-left wackos, but conservative to far-right wackos? Is anybody on the other end listening for those voices in the wilderness?

On another note, I find it bitterly ironic that for years we've been hearing about the dangers of the Evil Corporations from the left side of the opinion fence and how They Will Take Over- and now it appears that an Evil Corporation has begun to purge opinions they don't like- and those opinions are conservative/right wing.

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RE: An Actual Knock at the Door? by starm_ :: NR0

for some reason the right's nutcases are right in the main stream media.

Posted 24 May 2006, Hide, Parent, Reply
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RE: An Actual Knock at the Door? by coderjones :: NR0

I wouldn't find it disturbing for Google, Omninerd or any well known entity to filter out extremist contest from any side of the spectrum in certain cases. I wouldn't want my children to read the news and end up finding articles such as "How Has Islam Enriched Your Life?" just as much as I wouldn't want them to find anti-Christian, anti-Semitic, anti-Zoroastrian/Parsi or anything that targets a whole group of people based on the actions of the few or just because they have an illogical dislike of those people. At the same time I wouldn't want them to come across extremist points of view on abortion, communism, hate-the-hater retaliations or any stereotypical Leftish position.

If Google is still providing access to "objectionable" content through their search engine then they are not trying to stop freedom of speech. However, filtering content in a specific forum is not objectionable. Personally, I find it the responsible thing to do.

Posted 26 May 2006, Hide, Parent, Reply