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Governor Greg Abbott Claims ‘Anti-Semitic’ Social Media Platform Gab Has ‘No Place in Texas’
Big League Politics ^ | 3/10/21 | Shane Trejo

Posted on 03/10/2021 9:58:22 PM PST by proust

“Anti-Semitic platforms like Gab have no place in Texas and certainly do not represent Texas values,” Abbott said.

“What does represent Texas values is legislation like this by Representative King and Representative Goldman that fights antisemitism in Texas,” he added.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abbott; abbottandcostello; bigtech; censorship; facebook; fakenews; gab; gregabbott; hearsay; texas; twitter
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1 posted on 03/10/2021 9:58:22 PM PST by proust
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Twitter is openly antisemitic. Doesn’t Twitter have a big place in Texas?


2 posted on 03/10/2021 10:03:24 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: proust

The Gov is aware that several prominent antisemites include the Mullahs in Iran have their own twitter feeds right?


3 posted on 03/10/2021 10:03:34 PM PST by Lod881019
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To: Olog-hai

^


4 posted on 03/10/2021 10:04:01 PM PST by PGalt (past peak civilization?)
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Why would he say this when Twitter needs competitors?


5 posted on 03/10/2021 10:04:48 PM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: proust
Abbott: Go F yourself. It people can't deny the holocaust or say that Hitler was the bees knees then there is no free speech.

Grow a pair and thicken your skin.

6 posted on 03/10/2021 10:05:12 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (This is not a tagline.)
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Feeling a tad virtuous, Abbott?


7 posted on 03/10/2021 10:05:48 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: proust

Boo


8 posted on 03/10/2021 10:07:32 PM PST by Trump20162020
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To: Olog-hai

i think twitter is suing texas AG or soemthing?


9 posted on 03/10/2021 10:08:28 PM PST by Bob434
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To: proust

Abbott just made my sh&t list.


10 posted on 03/10/2021 10:09:20 PM PST by The Duke (Search for 'Sydney Ducks' and understand what is needed.)
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To: proust

WTF is Abbott babbling about? Gab is a social media platform with far less censorship than Twitter. It allows people to say what they want - the essence of free speech is the ability to say things that offend. Free speech is not needed to say inoffensive things that everyone agrees with. If you don’t like what someone says, use your free speech rights to rebut them, argue with them, show them why they’re stupid. Don’t try to keep them from speaking like a fascist. Abbott is a censoring moron, no better than the left-wing book burners.


11 posted on 03/10/2021 10:09:38 PM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Bob434

Yes. Abbott thinks making a baseless accusation against Gab will earn him points with Twitter.


12 posted on 03/10/2021 10:10:07 PM PST by Praxeologue
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To: proust

After Abbott was behind every bad decision the PUC made with ERCOT, he has several dozen deaths and many bankruptcies on his hands.

It’s obviously time to change the narrative.


13 posted on 03/10/2021 10:10:36 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Lod881019

Never mind media screedwriters on their Twitter feeds.


14 posted on 03/10/2021 10:12:36 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: ConservativeMind

Yes, and change the subject from frozen gas plants, windmills and solar panels that he promoted.


15 posted on 03/10/2021 10:14:12 PM PST by Praxeologue
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To: proust

Is this dude bipolar? What the hell is wrong with him?


16 posted on 03/10/2021 10:21:14 PM PST by ilgipper (The mob only destroys. Never creates. )
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To: Praxeologue

Putting Gab at the top of his list certainly is an odd ordering of priorities.


17 posted on 03/10/2021 10:22:19 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this ip are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: ilgipper

He’s an old Bushie, and not ready for prime time.


18 posted on 03/10/2021 10:23:06 PM PST by proust (All posts made under this ip are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: proust

Do the people of Texas want their state to control or restrict any social media platform?


19 posted on 03/10/2021 10:25:25 PM PST by Meatspace
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To: proust; Olog-hai

Yeah, this appears to be a case of not knowing what the heck he is talking about. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and plenty of other sites have volumes more antisemitism and racism; it’s just better hidden given the volumes of users and those sites have “policies” however poorly enforced. Gab is a refuge for people disgruntled by or removed from other platforms. It may have a higher proportion of “off-color” remarks and even real racism relative to the size of the user base, but that comes with more freedom of speech and thought.

Bad ideas are destroyed by the market of ideas. Suppression and censorship only drives bad ideas into a black market.


20 posted on 03/10/2021 10:26:57 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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