Mark Zuckerberg Defends Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Facebook Headquarters
MENLO PARK, CA—Claiming that the banner embodied the spirit of the company’s values, Mark Zuckerberg defended his controversial decision Friday to fly a Confederate flag at the Facebook headquarters. “Facebook considers itself an open environment that accepts all perspectives, and white nationalism is an important part of the conversation,” said Zuckerberg, telling reporters that the Confederate battle flag waving majestically above the company’s main campus would give employees and users alike an opportunity to reflect on the brave sacrifices made by the Rebel army during the War of Northern Aggression.
“For too long, Southerners have been forced to hide in the shadows, told that they should be ashamed of their heritage. Well, no longer. We at Facebook are proud to commemorate those good old days when men were men and slavery was both legal and profitable. We hope that from here on out, Facebook will be synonymous with the culture and history of Dixie in the minds of our users.”
Zuckerberg also confirmed that there were no plans to remove the large marble statues of Robert E. Lee and Nathan Bedford Forrest currently adorning either side of the campus’s main entryway.
@spruce112358 saidNow Zuk has his lips superglued to Trumps ass and is also getting rid of fact checking. Hey Mein Herr Trump, you can say what you want here now and NOBODY can fact check your lies, OOPS, I mean your opinions, er, sorry, I mean your Truths.....
Mark Zuckerberg Defends Decision To Fly Confederate Flag At Facebook HeadquartersMENLO PARK, CA—Claiming that the banner embodied the spirit of the company’s values, Mark Zuckerberg defended his controversial decision Friday to fly a Confederate flag at the Facebook headquarters. “Facebook considers itself an open environment that accepts all perspectives, and ...[text shortened]... ee and Nathan Bedford Forrest currently adorning either side of the campus’s main entryway.
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@spruce112358 saidI wouldn't put it past Herr Suckerberg to actually put this out in a press release.
Remember when you knew something was "The Onion" immediately? Today it's like, "oh lord..." 😆
He seems desperate to get MAGA followers. This should do it.
@spruce112358
It really is amazing how many Americans actually hate free speech now, and are willing to allow some collection of self appointed "experts" to set up shop as arbiters of truth. Weren't you a libertarian at one point?
@Sleepyguy saidPerhaps you could explain how fact checking is an infringement on "free speech".
@spruce112358
It really is amazing how many Americans actually hate free speech now, and are willing to allow some collection of self appointed "experts" to set up shop as arbiters of truth. Weren't you a libertarian at one point?
I doubt it though.
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@Sleepyguy saidI thought it was right wingers who hated free speech when they got college presidents fired for not punishing students for chanting pro-Palestinian slogans.https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/politics/elise-stefanik-antisemitism-hearing/index.html
@spruce112358
It really is amazing how many Americans actually hate free speech now, and are willing to allow some collection of self appointed "experts" to set up shop as arbiters of truth. Weren't you a libertarian at one point?
@no1marauder saidyou confuse hate speech with free speech…
I thought it was right wingers who hated free speech when they got college presidents fired for not punishing students for chanting pro-Palestinian slogans.https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/politics/elise-stefanik-antisemitism-hearing/index.html
you liked it when the dem govt was suppressing free speech with dorsey and zuckerburg…things have changed now…deal with it
@Sleepyguy saidI don’t hate free speech. 😆
@spruce112358
It really is amazing how many Americans actually hate free speech now, and are willing to allow some collection of self appointed "experts" to set up shop as arbiters of truth. Weren't you a libertarian at one point?
I dislike inaccuracy.
I frown on lying most of the time.
I really hate purposely lying in order to manipulate. 😆
Libertarians are generally intolerant of ‘force and fraud’ - fraud is lying.
@no1marauder saidIt's not the fact checking. It's the censorship that follows after, obviously. If I understand it right Zuck's new plan includes community fact checking, but that's not good enough for the fascist designs of the left.
Perhaps you could explain how fact checking is an infringement on "free speech".
I doubt it though.
@no1marauder saidYes many right wingers are hypocritical in that regard. Not only do they equate phrases like "from the river to the sea" with support for terrorists, and try to get people fired or expelled for it, they also support "safe spaces" for the poor little Zionists to get away from all the ridicule. Hypocrisy abounds.
I thought it was right wingers who hated free speech when they got college presidents fired for not punishing students for chanting pro-Palestinian slogans.https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/11/politics/elise-stefanik-antisemitism-hearing/index.html
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@Sleepyguy saidThe "censorship" consisted of limiting the dissemination of clearly false information.
It's not the fact checking. It's the censorship that follows after, obviously. If I understand it right Zuck's new plan includes community fact checking, but that's not good enough for the fascist designs of the left.
Community Notes as envisioned by social media CEOs is too cumbersome to prevent easily disproven falsehoods from being widely disseminated and left on these platforms. Since the present right wing ideology is based on the quick spreading of outright lies to the gullible, I understand why attempts to challenge such lies is so offensive to those of your ilk.
Firing college presidents for not suppressing and punishing political speech seems to not meet your threshold of outrage for some reason though.
EDIT: Sorry didn't see your last post. Withdraw my last paragraph as applied to.your POV.
@Sleepyguy saidYou are forking censored on this forking platform you son of a beech. And yet you seem to be OK with it. 😆
It's not the fact checking. It's the censorship that follows after, obviously. If I understand it right Zuck's new plan includes community fact checking, but that's not good enough for the fascist designs of the left.
You must be a fascist leftist! 😆
Censoring adds value to online conversations on private platforms where both civility and rationality might otherwise deteriorate.