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  Being Removed From Facebook and Twitter

  by minimus in

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  i have a very good friend who has been banned from facebook simply because he makes remarks positive about president trump and negative toward the democratic party.

  he has tried to get back on facebook and it appears there is no way for him to return.

  people are being removed from social media platforms simply because they have a different political view.

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  Funky

  If you allow one party to say whatever they want but don’t apply the same standard to the other it’s wrong.

  Are they really applying the standards differently for different "sides"? Minimus thinks so, and says it's "wrong", but other folks disagree.

  These companies need to be held responsible.

  By whom? By what authority?

  If you don't like what the New York times prints, buy the New York Post. If you don't like Stephen King's novels, don't read them. If you don't like Twitter's policies, don't support them.

  Simon has no obligation to post pro-JW screeds on this site in the interest of "fairness". It's his site. He can do what he wants.

  Twitter is a private company with certain policies and standards. They choose to allow or prohibit certain users and content. What law obligates them to do so according to something other than their own determination?
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  Being Removed From Facebook and Twitter

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a very good friend who has been banned from facebook simply because he makes remarks positive about president trump and negative toward the democratic party.

  he has tried to get back on facebook and it appears there is no way for him to return.

  people are being removed from social media platforms simply because they have a different political view.

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  Funky

  If they don’t like what you post they can just ban you.

  Just imagine if Simon did that!
  
  
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  Being Removed From Facebook and Twitter

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a very good friend who has been banned from facebook simply because he makes remarks positive about president trump and negative toward the democratic party.

  he has tried to get back on facebook and it appears there is no way for him to return.

  people are being removed from social media platforms simply because they have a different political view.

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  Funky

  Ah, thanks for the clarification.

  As I understand it, CDA 230 is there to protect companies from liability for their decisions to leave up or take down content posted on their sites. I.e., as a private company they have the right to allow or disallow what other people post there, and no one has can sue them for either leaving up, or taking down, content. Obviously, there are exceptions such as child porn, sex trafficking, etc.

  I also understand there are differing opinions about the meaning and extent of CDA 230.

  I agree, the wording from 1996 is probably trying to do too much lifting in 2020. It would be good for congress, if/when it gets past its hyper-partisan divide, to consider amending it.
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  Being Removed From Facebook and Twitter

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a very good friend who has been banned from facebook simply because he makes remarks positive about president trump and negative toward the democratic party.

  he has tried to get back on facebook and it appears there is no way for him to return.

  people are being removed from social media platforms simply because they have a different political view.

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  Funky

  tech companies should be regulated.

  That's a surprising reaction. Isn't the conservative position that there is already too much government oversight of private enterprise? That the market will reward or punish the behavior of private corporations and government should just leave them be, and stick to national defense and maintaining civil order?

  Maybe I misunderstand, I slept through a lot of classes.
  
  
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  Being Removed From Facebook and Twitter

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a very good friend who has been banned from facebook simply because he makes remarks positive about president trump and negative toward the democratic party.

  he has tried to get back on facebook and it appears there is no way for him to return.

  people are being removed from social media platforms simply because they have a different political view.

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  Funky

  I guess it depends on how "positive" and "negative" the comments were, to determine how "terrible" it is.

  If he were removed for saying "I think the Democratic platform regarding expanding access to Medicaid is ill-considered for the following reasons...." then yes, that's terrible.

  If he were removed for saying "Every person who votes Democrat is a scum-sucking evil pig who wants to abort babies to sacrifice to Satan", well, I can kinda see why he'd be banned.

  Can you give a quote or two of his "positive" and "negative" comments?
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  Finding a mate

  by MissMary in

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  so here i am 44 yr old divorced and free to remarry jw sister....first time single since i was 19. but guess what no single brothers in my area.

  i’ve tried those stupid jw dating sites and still no luck.

  oh yes there are tons of single brothers, but guess what...they all expect a hot barbie to come running into their life.

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  Funky

  Will you be disfellowshipped if you date an unbeliever?

  Strictly for dating an unbeliever? No.

  But if you persist, you will be ostracized by virtually everyone in the congregation. No one will ever invite you to their home (obviously, referring to a non-COVID world). No one will invite you out to eat with them, or invite you to any social event. Evan at the Kingdom Hall, very few if any will come up to talk to you.

  Nearly all contact with you will be limited to "encouraging" you (i.e., forcefully trying to persuade you how hopelessly misguided you are, and if you were "wise" and "want to please Jehovah" you'd drop your boyfriend like a bag of hot lava). There will be virtually no other topic of conversation between any other JW and you, aside from superficial niceties.

  In short, your life as a JW will become intolerable. You will be forever an "outsider". You need to decide which you want more - to be a JW or to have a boyfriend / husband.

  The fact that you are posting on this site indicates your heart may not be fully inclined toward a JW lifestyle. If that is the case, now (before baptism) is the time to cut and run.
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  Anyone seen this? Seems to be a startup JW site for leaning languages

  by Funky in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  scanning thru the usual jw sites, i saw a link to this site:.

  https://www.talk2practice.com/.

  looks like a standard language-tutoring site, right?.

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  It just seems so sketchy, from beginning to end. Weird photos, JW dog whistles ("daily text", "best life ever"), obviously made-up glowing testimonials.
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  Anyone seen this? Seems to be a startup JW site for leaning languages

  by Funky in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  scanning thru the usual jw sites, i saw a link to this site:.

  https://www.talk2practice.com/.

  looks like a standard language-tutoring site, right?.

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  Funky

  Here's one thing that's odd:

  Click on the "Teachers" tab and select any language.

  All the photos of the teachers are of attractive people aged about 25-40, with the backgrounds all very similar - spacious, modern, bright, designer furniture, large windows....basically very large American-style houses that virtually no young JW window-washer / janitor / house cleaner could come close to affording.

  I guess it's conceivable that a bunch of young, wealthy, white American JWs all decided to become language tutors on a lark, but....
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  Anyone seen this? Seems to be a startup JW site for leaning languages

  by Funky in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  scanning thru the usual jw sites, i saw a link to this site:.

  https://www.talk2practice.com/.

  looks like a standard language-tutoring site, right?.

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  Funky

  Scanning thru the usual JW sites, I saw a link to this site:

  https://www.talk2practice.com/

  Looks like a standard language-tutoring site, right?

  But then you go to the "work with us" tab, where you apply to be one of their instructors, and at the bottom you see this:

  https://www.talk2practice.com/work-with-us

  

  There's nothing else anywhere that I see, even on their "About Us" tab, that even hints at it being a JW site and/or run by JWs.

  There's something "off" about this site, but I can't quite figure out what, aside from the "almost but not quite completely hiding that they are JWs" thing.
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  2020-10-01--Care For Your Personal Needs Yourself----Full Time Servants! (as of 2020-10-06)

  by Atlantis in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i guess the full time servants will have to fend for themselves or rely on publishers to care for them.

  ------------------------------------for special full-time servants in the field in the united states branch territory1.

  necessary personal needs: it is preferred that you and your mate (if married) continue to care for your personal needs yourself.

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  Funky

  "Wound care" ?!?!?!?!

  Ring-a-ding-ding....ring-a-ding-ding....

  "Say Brother Pompous, I know you're busy and all, but I seem to have my broken shinbone protruding from the skin just below my knee, and I was wondering if you or Sister Pompous would mind dropping by to care for my wound?"

  "Well, Brother Poverty-Stricken-Special-Pioneer, I'd love to help, but I'm leading our virtual Zoom field service meeting now, and later I'll be driving our virtual Zoom field service car group. I'll call Brother Put-Upon to see if he's available, after he's finished delivering the boxed fruit to all our other poverty-stricken publishers. Shouldn't be more than 2 or 3 hours from now."