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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:27 PM

BGBD (3,282 posts)

McConnell introduced a "poison pilled" stimulus raise bill

That includes repeal of Section 230 and the formation of a commission to study election fraud in the 2020 election.

What a shithead. Fuck that guy. I say we call his bluff and pass it.

Repealing Section 230 is way more harmful to Republicans than it is Democrats or big tech companies. Trump wouldn't be President right now without it and the Republican base replies on FaceBook and other sites to spread its message.

And who gives a fuck about a commission to study election fraud. That's a toothless committee that isn't going to find anything anyway. There wasn't any fraud in the 2020 election, so study away. Biden will be inaugurated before that committee could even we put together and start looking at anything. Trump already tried this once and they split up without even issuing a report. Hell, Trump would commission a committee on his own. This is a big nothing.

Call McConnell bluff and pass it. These aren't Republican poison pills, they are Republican suicide pills.

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20 replies	Author	Time	Post
McConnell introduced a "poison pilled" stimulus raise bill (Original post)	BGBD	Dec 2020	OP
Yep call his bluff	Walleye	Dec 2020	#1
Yeah I couldn't give a crap about 230 Pass the fucking bill nt	liskddksil	Dec 2020	#2
You don't give a crap yet you post on DU.	LisaL	Dec 2020	#9
230 protects this website, average users ...all sorts of things...please educate yourself. That	Demsrule86	Dec 2020	#10
Do you like DU?	Loki Liesmith	Dec 2020	#13
Right now, I like $2,000 and the second we call their	liskddksil	Dec 2020	#14
I say pass it and if the dems don't	marlakay	Dec 2020	#3
No, it would be caving.	Demsrule86	Dec 2020	#8
The Republican led Senate is constantly holding witch hunt hearings anyway.	IsItJustMe	Dec 2020	#4
And look how effective their stupid investigations were...they destroyed Hillary..NO.	Demsrule86	Dec 2020	#7
Which is why	BGBD	Dec 2020	#20
I like your thinking. Call his bluff.	OAITW r.2.0	Dec 2020	#5
No, 230 protects every website and every user...it is a no go...and no more dog and pony	Demsrule86	Dec 2020	#6
Exactly	BGBD	Dec 2020	#19
Really? Do you like posting on DU, twitter and so on?	LisaL	Dec 2020	#11
Wouldn't that apply to sites like Parler, Newsmax, etc?	crimycarny	Dec 2020	#15
Simply defending from a lawsuit can cost a lot of money.	LisaL	Dec 2020	#16
Yes, yes it would	Bettie	Dec 2020	#17
They have more money and corruption on their side	MH1	Dec 2020	#18
We need to look at red state elections for sure.	pwb	Dec 2020	#12

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:29 PM

Walleye (14,605 posts)

1. Yep call his bluff

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:29 PM

liskddksil (2,753 posts)

2. Yeah I couldn't give a crap about 230 Pass the fucking bill nt

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:51 PM

LisaL (44,185 posts)

9. You don't give a crap yet you post on DU.

Sites like DU would likely not be able to exist if they can be sued for what people are posting here.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:52 PM

Demsrule86 (59,153 posts)

10. 230 protects this website, average users ...all sorts of things...please educate yourself. That

would be a disaster. We don't have media like Fox what we do have is internet, social media...this would destroy our only way of getting info out...this website would affected.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 07:03 PM

Loki Liesmith (4,552 posts)

13. Do you like DU?

It folds without 230.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 07:09 PM

liskddksil (2,753 posts)

14. Right now, I like $2,000 and the second we call their

bluff they'll fold because they don't want 230 repealed either.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:31 PM

marlakay (9,756 posts)

3. I say pass it and if the dems don't

I will think they don't really want to help us either.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:51 PM

Demsrule86 (59,153 posts)

8. No, it would be caving.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:34 PM

IsItJustMe (6,990 posts)

4. The Republican led Senate is constantly holding witch hunt hearings anyway.

I bet they spent more money on Hillary's fricken emails than they did investigating 911. What a fricken joke. Let them have their fake election investigation hearing. And as far as 230 goes, I don't think it matters. People are always gonna find a way around it anyway. I am with you. Pass it.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:50 PM

Demsrule86 (59,153 posts)

7. And look how effective their stupid investigations were...they destroyed Hillary..NO.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 10:48 PM

BGBD (3,282 posts)

20. Which is why

some committee to study it wouldn't be worth anything. They are going to "investigate" something from here to the end of time anyway.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:37 PM

OAITW r.2.0 (14,337 posts)

5. I like your thinking. Call his bluff.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:49 PM

Demsrule86 (59,153 posts)

6. No, 230 protects every website and every user...it is a no go...and no more dog and pony

show stretched out for years to discredit Biden...no.

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Response to Demsrule86 (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 29, 2020, 10:47 PM

BGBD (3,282 posts)

19. Exactly

That's why it's a bluff.

McConnell is trying to kill the $2,000 by attaching it to something nobody wants in 230 repeal. Put the ball back in his court by saying if it gets help to the American People we are willing to do it. Then let him sweat out how to find another way from bringing the bill to the floor. He's doing this for two reasons.

He and most of his members don't want to increase the checks, but he also doesn't want to put it out there just before the GA vote. So fuck him, tell him we are in and make him be the one to either pull it back or put it up there and have the republicans vote it down just before election day. 230 isn't going anywhere and even if it did, people would be demanding it be reinstated in a month.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:52 PM

LisaL (44,185 posts)

11. Really? Do you like posting on DU, twitter and so on?

How would these sites function if they can be sued for whatever people post?

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 08:16 PM

crimycarny (1,288 posts)

15. Wouldn't that apply to sites like Parler, Newsmax, etc?

I wouldn’t think the GOP wants 230 repealed either. And simply because someone has the right to sue doesn’t mean they will be successful. I say call McConnell’s bluff.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 08:17 PM

LisaL (44,185 posts)

16. Simply defending from a lawsuit can cost a lot of money.

Even if not successful.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 08:22 PM

Bettie (13,224 posts)

17. Yes, yes it would

and we have lawyers on our side too.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 08:25 PM

MH1 (17,158 posts)

18. They have more money and corruption on their side

to defend lawsuits.

This would f*ck over the smaller sites - like DU - while the big dogs would find a way around it.

Nope. Dems SHOULD NOT GIVE IN.

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Tue Dec 29, 2020, 06:53 PM

pwb (8,409 posts)

12. We need to look at red state elections for sure.

When a puke says look over here? look over there.

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