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dogknob

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56. I re-post a lot of stuff I read on DU to Facebook
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 01:33 PM
Mar 2018

Social media is not inherently evil. Evil people use it for evil. It's not social media that needs to go. It's evil that needs to go. And that starts with repairing the winner/loser, "everyone's out to get me so I might as well get them first" culture we currently find ourselves mired in.

When someone is doing things that they know hurt others -- and doing those things with a clear conscience because they know they are "right" or "a good person" -- when their hurtful actions are completely justified to them -- that's my definition of evil.

I think we have finally started to identify by name some of the American Citizens who conspired to Pachamama Mar 2018 #1
Bingo!! LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #2
posted CelticWinter Mar 2018 #27
Hopefully, Folks will get it... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #28
Um. Cat sorta already out of bag re: personal info. Why not use your page to help others. dogknob Mar 2018 #55
I use to post CelticWinter Mar 2018 #57
K&R, that's a good one - "go to hell in a chicken wire canoe". KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2018 #63
i sure will thanks CelticWinter Mar 2018 #64
We have got to get rid of campaign donations, Super PACs, dark money,... Dustlawyer Mar 2018 #31
The best way to do that is to Democratize the economy Farmer-Rick Mar 2018 #37
Agreed, suggest you read "We the Corporation" by Adam Winkler on how businesses became c-rational Mar 2018 #39
Zuckerberg lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #34
Needs to go to jail AwakeAtLast Mar 2018 #66
Like we've been living together... lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #68
. AwakeAtLast Mar 2018 #69
Fuckin A! workinclasszero Mar 2018 #53
The Executive Management and majority shareholders of fakebook democratisphere Mar 2018 #3
"Following..." FailureToCommunicate Mar 2018 #4
Thank You... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #5
+1000 Pachamama Mar 2018 #6
Absolutely following, thanks. I've been waiting for the Hortensis Mar 2018 #19
I'm sure dump's lapdog devin is all over this.... No need to involve a Special Counsel. erronis Mar 2018 #25
Lol. Won't Devin likely be going to prison as it is? Hortensis Mar 2018 #30
Will Mueller indict Turd's lackeys first Dustbin Numbskull, Dana Russiabacker, Lyin' Ryan, McTurtle? lagomorph777 Mar 2018 #40
Probably went like CA exposed FB data to Russian hacks who washed it & sold back to CA-Trump team Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #7
Yep.. LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #11
Nice diagram. Reminds me of the Paradise and Panama papers erronis Mar 2018 #26
Facebook went public 2012 - huge revenue by 2016 Justice Mar 2018 #35
I keep waiting watoos Mar 2018 #8
Umm... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #12
How about Peter Thiel? Big investor in Facebook, Hortensis Mar 2018 #21
Thanks for mentioning another actor, Thiel. He has his fingers in lots of pies erronis Mar 2018 #44
He's way up on my list of personal enemies. Hortensis Mar 2018 #46
FB destroyed Hillary Clinton's campaign UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #9
Facebook... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #13
No. Her campaign was just fine. FB & CA enabled the Russians to steal the Electoral College. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #15
And to increase Facebook Stock Portfolio... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #18
Very important point. dalton99a Mar 2018 #58
Well said! NT c-rational Mar 2018 #41
I Cancelled My Facebook Account! UCmeNdc Mar 2018 #10
We're following you.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #14
I did too! Granted they didn't have any of my actual information and I only used it to Luciferous Mar 2018 #23
I've never understood . . . . Sam McGee Mar 2018 #16
Good Point.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #17
It's not that difficult to understand Boomer Mar 2018 #29
Maybe It Needs To Go... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #49
DU is a social medium... :) Our children post events Hortensis Mar 2018 #33
I re-post a lot of stuff I read on DU to Facebook dogknob Mar 2018 #56
A lot of event or home based and "word of mouth" businesses use Facebook. haele Mar 2018 #60
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says company worked with Corey Lewandowski, Steve Bannon LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #20
@#$% Facebook. Scurrilous Mar 2018 #22
EXACTLY THIS!!! LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #24
Nix is slippery spike91nz Mar 2018 #32
They originally mined the data from Facebook FakeNoose Mar 2018 #36
i've been sounding the alarm about CA for more than a year neohippie Mar 2018 #38
Thank You... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #48
+1 dalton99a Mar 2018 #59
This is actually very, very serious. Nitram Mar 2018 #42
The EU is going to bend Facebook over. Calista241 Mar 2018 #43
My family never joined it, Twitter or Linked in. BigmanPigman Mar 2018 #45
At this point, its awkward if you dont have a social media presence. Calista241 Mar 2018 #50
A Resume and Background Check (Which Any Employer Worth Their Salt, Will Do)... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #51
Looks like NCGOP has CA ties too neohippie Mar 2018 #47
FOLLOW THE DATA BadGimp Mar 2018 #52
Of Course That Is The Story.. LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #54
+1 BuddhaGirl Mar 2018 #62
The Guardian is doing a series on this scipan Mar 2018 #61
Facebook is a un-American company. You are going to get all kinds of apologists. rockfordfile Mar 2018 #65
Good Point.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2018 #67
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