All Things Politics Thread

[J.B. TexasEx]

 

[DMAC]

The White House's press secretary was banned from Twitter for this???

Section 230 says that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider" (47 U.S.C.

Time to repeal it especially if these platforms are going to dictate which speech is allowed and which isnt.  They are no longer just a bulletin board for all speech.

 

[drgilbert]

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

 

[TexCoyote]

 

[Baron]

19 minutes ago, TexCoyote said:

I'm sure someone has posted the origin of the EOT, but here it is again.

History
The song was written in 1903 by John Sinclair. The lyrics were intended to
poke fun at University President Colonel Prather. Prather had attended
_Washington and Lee College_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_and_Lee_College) , where _Robert E. Lee_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee) would
frequently tell his students "The eyes of the South are upon you." Prather
was known for including in his speeches a similar admonition, "The Eyes of
Texas are Upon You," meaning that the state of _Texas_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas) was watching and expecting the students to go out and do great
things. Prather enjoyed the song and promoted its usage. He died not long
thereafter, and the song was played at his funeral. After this, the song achieved
its complete dignity and meaning._[1]_


Just because some racists decided to use it in a minstrel show does not make the song racist.

 

[drgilbert]

 

[63_Texas_1]

 Prather was known for including in his speeches a similar admonition, "The Eyes of Texas are Upon You," meaning that the state of _Texas_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas) was watching and expecting the students to go out and do great things.

Nothing less, nothing more. It is simple as that. 

 

[TexCoyote]

 

[tejasrulz]

Well if you want to go back in history, the majority of slaves sold to the European slave traders were sold by fellow Africans. The tribes would fight each other and the victors would sell the losers. Black people sold black people, I guess boycotting Africa is next?

BTW, slavery is and was wrong however it's been going on since the beginning of mankind. In fact, it's still going on in some parts of Africa now. Just goes to show you how greedy people can be.

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

 

[DMAC]

10 minutes ago, TexCoyote said:

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

 

[J.B. TexasEx]

rudyscommonsense.com

 

[DMAC]

 

[DMAC]

 

[DMAC]

 

[DMAC]

No conflicts of interest to see here:


Twitter's public policy director leaves to join Biden transition team: report


https://www.foxnews.com/politics/twitters-carlos-monje-biden-transition-team

The irony "ethics arbiter" ?


Biden transition elevates former Facebook exec as ethics arbiter


https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/30/biden-transition-facebook-ethics-424000

 

[J.B. TexasEx]