(09-27-2025, 05:35 AM)quintessentone Wrote: Does arguing with a fool make me look like a fool too?

You can't answer the questions.

Yoo had no credibility before, now you are in negative territory.

(09-27-2025, 05:35 AM)RuchardHurt Wrote:  but I have a shit ton of tasty brownies!

I have fresh ground coffee. It's Kona this morning.

...wait..are we talkin' brownies or BROWNIES ? Either way is fine, I just need to know what to expect.

(09-27-2025, 05:43 AM)RuchardHurt Wrote: That is much more of a personal opinion.
I would argue that you are trying to make nice.

If I was trying to be nice, I would not respond to nonsense replies at all, so as to not make them appear foolish.

(09-27-2025, 05:44 AM)David64 Wrote: I have fresh ground coffee. It's Kona this morning.

...wait..are we talkin' brownies or BROWNIES ? Either way is fine, I just need to know what to expect.

That response is absolutely one of the best I have had the pleasure of reading.

(09-27-2025, 05:45 AM)quintessentone Wrote: If I was trying to be nice, I would not respond to nonsense replies at all, so as to not make them appear foolish.

I hate to give one worded replies.
Fair

(09-27-2025, 05:45 AM)quintessentone Wrote: If I was trying to be nice, I would not respond to nonsense replies at all, so as to not make them appear foolish.

Who looks foolish?

You said you were pro science, I asked you to verify that statement with a few scientific questions.

You are pro bullshit.

(09-27-2025, 05:50 AM)RuchardHurt Wrote: I hate to give one worded replies.
Fair

Sometimes one word says it all. My new word 'bizarro' when referring to Trump.

Google (and X and Facebook) can enforce whatever terms of service they desire.

However it should be illegal to use any of their services as an official channel for dissemination of government information, as that is using the necessity of government as a strong-arm to force the public discourse into an arena of limited speech, which violates the 1st amendment.

If any of those companies want to act as an official government communication channel, they must follow common-carrier rules and impose exactly zero ideological speech-filters. To do otherwise is poisonous to the public weal.

Cancel all Congressional Twitter accounts. Delete the WhiteHouse YouTube channel.

(09-27-2025, 06:11 AM)UltraBudgie Wrote: Google (and X and Facebook) can enforce whatever terms of service they desire.

However it should be illegal to use any of their services as an official channel for dissemination of government information, as that is using the necessity of government as a strong-arm to force the public discourse into an arena of limited speech, which violates the 1st amendment.

If any of those companies want to act as an official government communication channel, they must follow common-carrier rules and impose exactly zero ideological speech-filters. To do otherwise is poisonous to the public weal.

Cancel all Congressional Twitter accounts. Delete the WhiteHouse YouTube channel.

With the existing American government removing statistical and scientific studies from their websites, they left people nowhere else to go, really.

(09-27-2025, 06:23 AM)quintessentone Wrote: With the existing American government removing statistical and scientific studies from their websites, they left people nowhere else to go, really.

Yes, fortunately there is the free-market to fill that gap, which it could do very quickly.

But yes, it's almost like they wanted to privatize freedom of the press, as an end-run around Constitutional restrictions on infringement. Silly government, lacking foresight! Oh well, easy enough to set right.