Thread: Right-wingers want to "cancel" Disney. @hamandcheese tells the @ThePlumLineGS that they need to clarify what they actually want: Is it an end to corporate rent-seeking or a targeted retaliation at a specific company?/1 washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/… We can fairly say it’s the latter. Why? Because if the right cared about the issue of media power and copyright more broadly, there are plenty of more relevant issues for the right to address than copyright terms. /2

There are pretty significant issues related to R2R (or lack thereof). First, it's messed up that large firms make it impossible for the owner/employee of a small repair shop to ply their trade. Second, @FTC "Nixing the Fix" report found that there were delays...

https://twitter.com/s8mb/status/1413524799431790594

& higher prices associated with OEM repairs compared to independent repairs. ftc.gov/system/files/d…

No analogy is perfect, but I think there's more to the Alex Jones comparison than you might think. Lots of overlap in the Venn Diagram of their followers. Ditto their enemies, for whom the term "evil" is the go-to characterization. /1

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1350088009908105219

Both make their money selling survival gear, brain pills, but the ultimate draw is two minutes of hate spread out over hours-long broadcasts. /2

Hooo boy, it is difficult to put into words what a terrible idea this is. /1

https://twitter.com/UNESCO/status/1251813037268402176

First, and most obviously, this is aggressively unconstitutional in the U.S. Full stop. No room for interpretation. /2