1694

You know that @tomchick has said, more than once, that is not why it exists there. Right? That content is simply not related to games or the other primary subjects of the board. It’s not banishment.

In addition, what’s politics to you is just life and discussion to someone else. You can’t just remove life from life.

1695

I know that you are an intelligent person. So you are being obtuse for a reason. I’m sure you know what I meant. Okay. Forget it.

1696

One on hand, Motorways! Trains on time! VW Beetles! It’s all so convenient for me. I can travel so easily and see family and friends when I want.

On the other hand…

1697

Foxbook isn’t even pretending any more

I hope Zuckerberg joins the Trumps and GOP up against the wall. There have been few individuals in history who have enabled and empowered fascism like he has.

1698

Why are politicians entitled to bulletproof accounts on Facebook? It’s a privately owned service. If they break the rules they should be banned like anyone else. Plus, most branches of the government already have dedicated web portals they can use for stuff, including the White House.

1699

I think this is why.

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1700

Why don’t they just license their software, or launch ‘Facebook for Politicians’?

1701

I do wonder why Zuckerberg is bothering in the first place. They could easily just say “no political advertising or profiles on Facebook” tomorrow and bow out of the whole mess.

TikTok just did that.

1702

Because of this:

tl;dr There are ways around these rules.

1703

Hopefully will somebody will put up an ad with a (hopefully fake) video of Trump murdering a baby, with a serious narrator voice saying, “Do you really want this baby murderer to be President”?

I mean, Facebook says it’s ok to lie in political ads, so…

1704

You’re hired.

1705

Homelander for President!

1706

It would have to be a white, blonde, native-born all-American Republican baby, though. More than one baby has already died in custody in the concentration camps, and no one who would vote for Trump seems to give a shit about that.

1707

Let Trump eat a few babies. It’s nothing compared to the countless babies that will be saved by Trump appointing right-thinking judges.

Even as he’s eating babies, Trump is doing the Lord’s work.

1708

Thought this was pretty smart

1709

One more on the list of reasons why I vastly prefer Warren to Biden.

This shit is smart and important.

1710

BTW, that Warren ad includes the word “Facebook.” It’s a violation of Facebook ad policy to use the word “Facebook.”

LOL wut?

1711

Where did you see that?

1712

Scroll down in Siva Vaidhyanathan tweet.

1713

It’s not hard: because Zuckerberg supports Trump and wants him to succeed.*

Don’t believe that? Look at who Facebook, in its wisdom, put in charge of its election policy: Katie Harbath. She not only used to be employed by the Republican Party - she used to be employed by Giuliani.

*It’s possible that Zuckerberg, trying to appease Trump, is merely cynically giving Trump the impression Facebook is on his side. But in terms of actions and consequences, that’s merely a distinction and not a real difference.