Rebekah Mercer admitting she's a co-founder of Parler is just the icing on this cake..

[Nevilledog]

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Mike Masnick
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Rebekah Mercer admitting she's a co-founder of Parler is just the icing on this cake: claiming it was created to support free speech (at same time CEO says he's banning "leftist trolls&quot and to protect user privacy (when it demands way more intrusive info)

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Since the election, Parler has found renewed life among Trump supporters who feel that... [checks notes] being fact-checked, or limited...
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1:31 PM · Nov 16, 2020

[LuvNewcastle]

1. Isn't it just awful to fact-check someone?

We have freedom of speech, you know. Doesn't that mean I should be able to blather on about any bullshit I like without any challenge over its validity? They really think that's what freedom of speech is about. A guy I used to work with, an Infowars fan, told me once that freedom of speech means the right to say anything you like, whether it's true or not. That's how committed these people are to being entertained rather than being educated. This kind of speech (fake news, to coin a phrase) is an insidious threat to true freedom of speech. It's a problem we're going to have to face soon.

[C_U_L8R]

2. Dim magats and their data are easily parted

Just throw them raw baloney.