Regarding the apparent and imminent repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and the future of this website.

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X Prime said:
The deal is its execution has been stayed until a Democrat, most likely Kamala Harris, can sell it.

It's similar to the prospect of how only a Democrat can cut Social Security (reminder Bill Clinton was going to do it alongside Newt Gingrich until the Lewinsky scandal broke.)
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Why would she sell it? Techies proved they can tow the line in the last election cycle... the permanent threat of attacking section 230 is way more useful for them than actioning something.
 
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Why would she sell it? Techies proved they can tow the line in the last election cycle... the permanent threat of attacking section 230 is way more useful for them than actioning something.
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This is a fair point; it will likely not be Harris then.

The problem is that you'll eventually get a true believer in there if this general "right-wing barbarians are at the gates!" madness is indulged for very much longer.
 
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Null said:
Fuck this retard.

This bill sucked and there's a lot about it passing which is not a cause for celebration. None of it involved a ChiCom plot to empower big tech or whatever the fuck this dumb faggot is going on about. He's literally just upset that his Twitter account is getting banned as soon as he's out of office and no one is willing to repeal crucial Internet legislation to spite them.

All those fucking retards going on and on and on about how this was 4D chess to get compromise on 230, how this was never about full repeal or whatever the fuck, here you go. He got cucked by the lame duck. The most pitiful way to go out. The only way this could get worse for him is if he did something stupid in January to try and stay in office and got booked under the Insurrection Act for it.

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Rest in Sing-Sing, President Retard.
 
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Here's a list of the no votes. Ones in yellow are speculated to be running for president. Whole lot of putting personal ambition over the national good here.

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ZippyZoopa said:
Yeah, the realization that only came out last year mid-summer, very convenient to take that moral high horse after years of pro-degeneracy liberal bullshit, I bet he'll switch back as soon as the grift no longer works or he gets bored of it.
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Very convenient to change your opinion on an issue, that you had previously only speculated on from afar, because as soon as you had hands-on experience with the issue you realized your previous assumptions were naïve.

Sure, I guess.
 
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Null said:
Fuck this retard.

This bill sucked and there's a lot about it passing which is not a cause for celebration. None of it involved a ChiCom plot to empower big tech or whatever the fuck this dumb faggot is going on about. He's literally just upset that his Twitter account is getting banned as soon as he's out of office and no one is willing to repeal crucial Internet legislation to spite them.

All those fucking retards going on and on and on about how this was 4D chess to get compromise on 230, how this was never about full repeal or whatever the fuck, here you go. He got cucked by the lame duck. The most pitiful way to go out. The only way this could get worse for him is if he did something stupid in January to try and stay in office and got booked under the Insurrection Act for it.

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And we all know /pol/ will be in complete denial about it or support the bill with no inbetween. Frankly anyone who unironically supported Trump are arguably just as braindead as he is.
 
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lottalove said:
Are we fucked or are we not fucked now is all I need to know.
edit: I think the hoorays are unironic for now. Hooray!
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RichardMongler said:
So...is Section 230 okay for now? What's the deal now?
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Everything's OK for now. Trump has failed to get Section 230 repealed and the odds of him getting it repealed in the last few weeks of his Presidency are remote. The House hates his guts and will disagree with the Republicans on anything and its clear by the actions of the Republicans in the Senate in the last few weeks that he has lost any political capital he has with them. He's a lame duck and Congress has other concerns besides drafting legislation in only a few days before they adjourn.

That being said this isn't over when Trump leaves office. Biden has said he wants to repeal Section 230 and the actions of Big Tech, who are some of his puppet-masters, in the past year show they are fine with the repeal of Section 230. Big Tech wants to remove Section 230 to more easily shut down competition and Biden just repeats whatever is whispered into his senile ear. Biden is also a career politician who knows how to get Congress to do what he wants and he will probably have a Dem majority in both the House and the Senate so he will be able to push through whatever legislation he wants vs. Trump who didn't know how to navigate the DC swamp like Biden does. Of course Biden could also focus on the pandemic putting off Section 230 repeal or just forget to take his brain medicine and not know what an Internet is.

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Here's a list of the no votes. Ones in yellow are speculated to be running for president. Whole lot of putting personal ambition over the national good here.

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Any idea why these guys chose to vote against the Bill if they are running for President? You would think them voting down a $2000 stimulus check would be prime attack ad fodder.

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These retards don't realize 230 is the only reason 4chan didn't get shut down years ago
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It is baffling to go on /pol/ and see them want to repeal a law that keeps the site up. You can like Trump but disagree when he says or does something stupid. Are they stupid, brainwashed, or are they just trolls looking to mess with everyone?
 
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I'd still keep an eye on the status of Section 230 for a year or so, given that both Republicans and Democrats mentioned repealing or amending it (Republicans who wanted it gone themselves just thought that Trump was stupid for demanding it be attached to a military spending bill and said that this isn't the place or time for it).
 
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cans.wav said:
These retards don't realize 230 is the only reason 4chan didn't get shut down years ago
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/pol/ is a mixture of tourist boomers, faggots who should've stayed on twitter and reddit, genuinely insane people, shitposters and Americans. It's a satire board where most of its users don't realize it.
Anyways, it's good to know that Orange Hitler won't do anything to it, though to be entirely honest him not doing anything is largely business as usual. For once, it's a good thing.
 
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Strange Wilderness said:
Any idea why these guys chose to vote against the Bill if they are running for President? You would think them voting down a $2000 stimulus check would be prime attack ad fodder.
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I think you are confusing the 2000 check bill with the NDAA. Or am I?
 
Organic Fapcup said:
/pol/ is a mixture of tourist boomers, faggots who should've stayed on twitter and reddit, genuinely insane people, shitposters and Americans. It's a satire board where most of its users don't real
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I'm still waiting to see what happens to the boomers once Trump is out on Jan 20th. The T_D crew were actively Fed Posting for a good bit of time on their site, its only a matter of time before the /pol/ crew goad one into pulling a Tarrant or Nashville Boomer Booming style stunt once its actually apparent that Trump is indeed not playing 4d chess and got defeated in an election.
 
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Strange Wilderness said:
Any idea why these guys chose to vote against the Bill if they are running for President? You would think them voting down a $2000 stimulus check would be prime attack ad fodder.
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Different bill, mate. CASH act was about the 2k, NDAA veto voted today. This is the Frankenstein monster Mitch crafted for the 2k, repeal of Section 230, electoral reform and assorted:
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RichardMongler said:
So...is Section 230 okay for now? What's the deal now?
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Yup, we dodged a bullet! Chances are Biden could attempt to repeal it again, but then the next day he could be babbling away about something else.
 
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