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Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views (bloomberg.com)
According to a new Pew Research Center study, 72 percent of those polled (from a sample of 4,594 adults) think it's likely companies such as Facebook and Twitter actively censor political views that they consider objectionable. The study finds that Americans don't trust those companies to be impartial when it comes to partisan politics. Bloomberg reports: Republicans, more than their Democratic counterparts, displayed concern over perceived political bias. Eighty-five percent of Republicans and those who labeled themselves conservative independents said it's likely that social media platforms censor political speech. And 64 percent of Republicans think technology companies support the views of liberals over conservatives. The majority of Democrats, meanwhile, think it's likely that social media platforms censor political viewpoints, coming in at 62 percent. But only about a quarter of Democrats worry that these companies support the views of conservatives over liberals.
I didn't believe this was happening until I tried to commit account suicide. About four years ago, I reposted an ad for the million biker march on DC. It took less than an hour for my account to be banned. It's been happening for years.
Trump isn't doing any of things the claim, and the main problem these days with politics is it's just mud flinging.
As just one example, separating immigrant children from their parents is totally unnecessary, cruel and sadistic. Yes, it occasionally happened under Obama but Trump dialed it up to 11.
The problem with conservatives, particularly Christiant conservatives, is that they fundamentally selfish cruel sadistic horrible people. But they expect to go around in their little bubbles having everyone like them and imagining that they are good people - when they're obviously not.
You strike on an interesting point - the Federal Government bickering and fighting everywhere. Let's work to shrink the Federal Government back down to what it was supposed to be, and not only will it have a lot less to bicker about, it will have much less influence on people as it loses the ability to pick winners and losers in all aspects of life. The Constitution explicitly stated what the Federal Government could do, and explicitly stated ANYTHING else was for the States or the People - NOT the Federal Government. Somehow the folks elected to DC managed to convince enough people that it is OK for them to go beyond their Constitutional limits because "it's someone else's fault and you should be paid for whatever you like"...
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!