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To: Mariner

Those are the words of what I now call a Cookie-Cutter Conservative: a simplistic rationalization based upon the myth that we - with many thousands of regulations strangling small husinesses, and with many thousands of leftist bureaucrats oppressing the rights of citizens - have a free market.

These two are publicly-traded companies [IPO = Initial PUBLIC Offering: not private!], with an openly-solicited consumer base, from which active users they derive profit, and to whom they post official terms of service.

Selectively and deceitfully enforcing the terms of service is consumer fraud.

Deliberately enacting policies that lower market share value for stockholders is fiscal malfeasance.

Both of those are legally actionable (perhaps not winnable in today’s world of leftist lawfare and activist judges - but that is a separate issue.) If you do not like consumers and stockholders to have any legal recourse in the case of corporate abuse, then lobby for legislation to that effect.

Meanwhile, spare those of us who actually live in the real world from sanctimonious claptrap.


18 posted on 07/27/2018 6:14:25 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: YogicCowboy

“sanctimonious claptrap”

It’s apparent to all that’s just what we heard from you.

What you did not address is my contention that Facebook and Twitter are not monopolies.

Do you wish to challenge that legal contention, or just bloviate?


19 posted on 07/27/2018 6:47:58 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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