Originally Posted by MartinSE (Post 2106246)

I think the key part here is "like minded people". Truth Social is banning people they disagree with. So much for "FREEDOM OF SPEECH".

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior (Post 2106300)

Well what I posted was 100% fact and well documented and the person in question did a interview on 60 minutes confirming what I posted. It doesn't matter if it's true or not it matters how it may make one side look. It's all nonsense and congress needs to make social media a public square.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2106454)

Congress doesn't even make its OWN website a public square. They decide when someone can and cannot post a comment, under what circumstances, on which topics.

"Social media" is a category, it's not an actual thing. Facebook, NextDoor, YouTube, Twitter, etc are all private property made available to public viewing, and membership-only participation. In order to post on them you must be a member. In order to be a member you must agree to follow the rules. You must accept that if they decide you aren't following the rules, THEY have the right to kick you off their platform. And you maintain the right to leave, if you don't like it.

NextDoor has a policy about not posting about politics, at all. If you comment about something you saw on TV, and that TV show was about politics, then by extension - you are talking about politics. Whether the information was factual or not, if it was about politics, then you violated NextDoor's policy.

Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 2106204)

I am from the Fukawi tribe

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2106620)

OMG......I know that joke!!! I first heard that when I was kid on Long Island.

Originally Posted by mtdjed (Post 2105906)

There are certain self-serving experts on TOTV that attempt to denigrate posters who express their opinions with statements like show me your facts. Opinions are opinions of the poster. They are formed by life experience. We are all entitled to them without challenge. They may be wrong. Facts are not necessarily truths. It may be a fact that 55% of Scientists surveyed agree with a certain subject. Even though that fact may be true (Being that 55 % of surveyed scientists agree), that does not mean that what they agree with is true.
Recent posts regarding global warming or Climate change are examples. Some posters find some way of transitioning any topic to an argument on climate change. A big snowstorm in the southern hemisphere news article morphed into climate change.

So given that statement, I will state an undeniable fact that I was told today that my home cannot be insured by State Farm here in The Villages because it has a roof installed more than 15 years ago, (despite having 20-year guaranteed shingle on the roof that has been inspected as ok). That is a new qualification requirement. (Recall that what was I was told).

Looking for insurance options.

Originally Posted by SUENRAN (Post 2106470)

Only if you like a company that George Soros founded and enjoy those irritating "Flo" commercials.

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior (Post 2105900)

I heard from a couple of friends that they have been banned from Nextdoor for posting facts and opinions that don't fit the narrative.

So the purging has begun.

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior (Post 2106266)

That's the problem with all this social media. Everybody screams for diversity except when it comes to diversity of opinion. They just act as platforms to control peoples minds. No one can think for themselves anymore, it's kinda sad.

Originally Posted by EdFNJ (Post 2106671)

Gee Zeus!, why is everything turn into politics politics politics...... It's bad enough already now with over 2 years to go but it's frightening contemplating what's it's going to be like around here again in another year or so. Yesterday while out walking we passed a home with a literal political shrine spread across it's opened 2 car + GC garage ("celebrating" flag day I assume) in Amelia or maybe it was Mallory complete with full size mannequins and all kinds of paraphernalia. If it's starting already, what's going to happen in a year? This tribal obsession is only going to get worse and more dangerous.

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 2106849)

You've had over 6 years of it, not just the past two. Tribalism is strong here in the Villages, and they will insist that denial IS a river in Egypt and any other option is fake news. Where I come from (yep, pulling out that card again, deal with it), the idea of tribalism was "my family, my neighborhood, my town, my community." Here, it's "my political party, my political agenda, my religious pretense."

And - for those who say "just move back" - there are many people living here who came because they couldn't afford where they came from. That hasn't changed. If they could afford to move back - they probably would.

Originally Posted by Vikingjunior (Post 2105900)

I heard from a couple of friends that they have been banned from Nextdoor for posting facts and opinions that don't fit the narrative.

So the purging has begun.

Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2105967)

Their house their rules. One can always choose what site to read and post

Originally Posted by Ken Nelson (Post 2107067)

I love when a political opinion is expressed with respect - it's how our republic is designed to work.