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radius777

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7. Social media is the biggest issue

Reply to Initech (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 1, 2018, 04:56 PM

Jul 2018

platforms like Youtube, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, etc, where extreme elements infest the space thus allowing them to reach a mainstream audience.

Ultimately it is the fault of such companies, who need to be boycotted/pressured to moderate their platforms properly.

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The Master Race [View all] Cyrano Jul 2018 OP

It's only now we started to take down all the confederate crap JI7 Jul 2018 #1

I'd say shut down Fox News and the Heritage Foundation. Initech Jul 2018 #2

Absolutely true. The seeds lay a bit dormant for some decades, but those things you list, Fox, etc., dameatball Jul 2018 #4

Yes Fox News is a cancer. Initech Jul 2018 #5

Social media is the biggest issue radius777 Jul 2018 #7

Youtube has a policy against hate speech. Initech Jul 2018 #8

of course, that's where they went mainstream, radius777 Jul 2018 #9

Excellent post! You expressed it better than I ever could have. Different Drummer Jul 2018 #3

You should check this out: Ilsa Jul 2018 #6

Until we get money out of politics, nothing will change. CrispyQ Jul 2018 #10

At the moment, we have virtually no power Cyrano Jul 2018 #11

It's looking grim. CrispyQ Jul 2018 #12

I hear you, CrispyQ Cyrano Jul 2018 #13

These (mostly) white men think that they are superior to everyone else on the planet, CrispyQ Jul 2018 #14