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by firemancoder 2817 days ago
I can tell someone's political leanings just by whether or not they think Google is biased.

A lot of people are ok with the way things are. Will they be ok when they have an opinion that's not whitelisted by tech?

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>I can tell someone's political leanings just by whether or not they think Google is biased.

If someone described my political leanings they would certainly use the words "liberal," as well as "socialist," "communist," and maybe even sometimes "anarchist." Just to save you from having to engage in Strawman or false assumptions. I'm curious what my political leanings have to do with your claim.

Do you have evidence that Google search/news/other products are "biased?" I have never seen evidence of actual evidence by the company itself demonstrating bias against conservative ideologies. I have seen plenty of evidence that for example the internet as a whole is biased against conservatives, or even really reality, but never google. I would definitely agree that the majority of employees can be described as liberal, but then again, Google's headquarters are in the Bay Area, so that's hardly Google's fault.

Here's a writeup, I am genuinely trying to find evidence of this, because nobody that believes google is censoring conservatives has been able to get it for me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_Google . Check discussion and sources for lots more info.

> I have seen plenty of evidence that for example the internet as a whole is biased against conservatives, or even really reality,

This is where I stop having the conversation.

You've lost sight of what an "opinion" is and what it means. You're not alone in the world, but it's not a discussion I care to have. No amount of evidence will convince you of anything.

No, you don't get to pull that. You have not provided a shred of evidence of anything, so of course no one is going to be convinced by your ranting.
I do get to pull that. I choose not to engage with people locked on to their ideas, so I don't have to. Complete waste of time. The worst thing you can do me is downvote my comments.

That's all the power you have. Have at it bub.