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Social Media: The Intimidation and Enforcement Arm of the American Left
American Thinker ^ | 16 Mar, 2022 | Steve McCann

Posted on 03/16/2022 3:44:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Never have so few so devastatingly impacted the well-being and future of this country.

The American left uses their dominant position in social media to manipulate the legacy media, set the agenda, browbeat the elected members of the Democrat party, and intimidate corporate America.

In order to protect their political or social status, many of the self-serving politicians in both parties, as well as corporate executives and editors and journalists, are easily intimidated by the volume and vociferousness of social media trolling. Others are willingly convinced that they are on the right side of various issues based on same criteria.

As a result, many major corporations, the legacy media, and other Democrats are committed to policies that are anathema to tradition and common sense and that an overwhelming majority of Americans do not want.

The latest example: the unfathomable reaction by these same perfidious entities to the Parental Rights in Education bill recently passed in Florida. The bill simply codifies the centuries-old and previously never questioned understanding that teaching and discussing gender identity and sexuality to preadolescents (in the case of the bill -- children four to eight years old) is solely the prerogative of the parents, not teachers working for the state.

The left immediately dubbed the legislation as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and began an unprecedented national disinformation campaign to obfuscate about the bill and denigrate Ron De Santis and all conservatives as being bigots and opposed to all gay rights.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society
KEYWORDS: bigtech; communism; freespeech; internet; socialmedia

1 posted on 03/16/2022 3:44:02 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Normalizing mental illness and ostracizing traditional values.


2 posted on 03/16/2022 3:44:13 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

If, and this is a big if, but if conservatives were to do what the libs do and that is actually boycott social media then maybe we could force some changes. But alas we want our MTV.

There really isn’t any real solution other than that, sad to say.


3 posted on 03/16/2022 3:50:34 AM PDT by fatboy
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To: MtnClimber
Well Twitter stock was down a massive 40% in 2021 and Facebook stock collapsed in January after they announced abysmal results.
They are not doing great right now.

With Twitter Shares Down 40% In 2021 And Dorsey's Exit, Is The Stock A Buy Now?

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Facebook stock plummets 26% in its biggest one-day drop ever

https://www-cnbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/02/03/facebook-shares-plummet-22percent-after-reporting-weak-guidance.html?amp_js_v=a6&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQKKAFQArABIIACAw%3D%3D#aoh=16474284974371&csi=1&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2022%2F02%2F03%2Ffacebook-shares-plummet-22percent-after-reporting-weak-guidance.html

4 posted on 03/16/2022 4:06:53 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: fatboy

Social media seems to have 4 specific groups:

1. The narcissistic looks crowd who think they mean something to society... That’s the fish lips, collagen, selfie crowd which also includes the tide pod, look at me idiots.

2. There’s the left and rights self righteous idiots who think they amount to something by changing the world with hashtags and standing strong by changing their profile pic to some color and want to boycott everything if you don’t stand with them.

3. There’s those incapable of their own rational thought that actually follow those in number 1 and believe and do whatever they’re told to do in number 2.

4. People who shake their head and enjoy the entertainment.


5 posted on 03/16/2022 4:07:48 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: MtnClimber

Social media is a cesspool populated primarily by shallow, ignorant, narcissists.


6 posted on 03/16/2022 6:09:20 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Even the Millennials at Reddit are hating Twitter and Facebook. We’ll see how far the red pill takes them.


7 posted on 03/16/2022 7:35:10 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: MtnClimber

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8 posted on 03/16/2022 10:19:07 AM PDT by sauropod (Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad.)
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