Are Credit Card Companies Working to Censor Conservatives?

[impuretrash]

MasterCard doesn’t wish to do business with these organizations. It is there right and choice to decide whom they associate their brand with. These groups are free to find another credit card provider.

the problem is IDENTIFICATION ----of "these organizations" --
and BY WHOM---by what interest group----

Those are decisions best left to MasterCard/PayPal/ etc. and their shareholders. The free market will decide if these business decisions are worthy of reward or rebuke.

Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.

 

[MisterBeale]

Revelation 13:17

 

[william the wie]

If MC goes for this idiocy visa will go way up.

 

[irosie91]

my theory is the left is far from consistent. i *do* fall in line with if you don't like the business, use something else. but a vast majority on the left do in fact turn this into a motive ONLY they can benefit from. YOU MUST BAKE THE CAKE or WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE MELAINA THAT DRESS!

the contradiction isn't lost on me.

in the cake case, there were 50 bakers in the area to choose from. how many credit cards do you have in your wallet to choose from to send funds to someone?

granted, same premise but not the same in practice. there comes a time the gov will get in the way because of the "contradictions". microsoft for example was forced into a lot of stupid business practices cause of the complaints. right or wrong it happens.

it will happen here.

My theory is very few people on this issue are consistent. For instance: We don't have to bake the cake, but you must give me a credit card and/or PayPal account. Either businesses have a right to associate or they don't. Besides, there are plenty of credit card companies one can choose from.

IMO---there is some difference-----it seems to me that the objection that a BAKER may have to making a cake for
a homosexual marriage would NOT BE ---just because the
people are homosexual----BUT because of the form of or writing he is asked to put on the cake I do believe that a baker has
a right to refuse to depict two males on top of a wedding cake---ie to make the cake EXPLICITLY about a homosexual union.
As to credit card companies-----SHEEEESH that power can be
SIGNIFICANTLY AND DANGEROUSLY abused by
MANIPULATION by interest groups that are simply LARGE
in numbers

 

[mdk]

Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.

Start your own bank or online payment system. If a fraction of this pissing and moaning is true than it should an overnight success.

 

[impuretrash]

Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.

Start your own bank or online payment system. If a fraction of this pissing and moaning is true than it should an overnight success.

Give me a fucking break. Just start your own bank, he says. It will be a huge success, raking in profit from the immense financial capital available to marginalized people espousing problematic opinions.

 

[mdk]

my theory is the left is far from consistent. i *do* fall in line with if you don't like the business, use something else. but a vast majority on the left do in fact turn this into a motive ONLY they can benefit from. YOU MUST BAKE THE CAKE or WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE MELAINA THAT DRESS!

the contradiction isn't lost on me.

in the cake case, there were 50 bakers in the area to choose from. how many credit cards do you have in your wallet to choose from to send funds to someone?

granted, same premise but not the same in practice. there comes a time the gov will get in the way because of the "contradictions". microsoft for example was forced into a lot of stupid business practices cause of the complaints. right or wrong it happens.

it will happen here.

My theory is very few people on this issue are consistent. For instance: We don't have to bake the cake, but you must give me a credit card and/or PayPal account. Either businesses have a right to associate or they don't. Besides, there are plenty of credit card companies one can choose from.

IMO---there is some difference-----it seems to me that the objection that a BAKER may have to making a cake for
a homosexual marriage would NOT BE ---just because the
people are homosexual----BUT because of the form of or writing he is asked to put on the cake I do believe that a baker has
a right to refuse to depict two males on top of a wedding cake---ie to make the cake EXPLICITLY about a homosexual union.
As to credit card companies-----SHEEEESH that power can be
SIGNIFICANTLY AND DANGEROUSLY abused by
MANIPULATION by interest groups that are simply LARGE
in numbers

Were the design phases of these transactions even reached? From my understanding the transactions were terminated when the bakers found out that the cake was for a same-sex wedding. Either way I support their right to refuse to have their business associated with something they would rather not.

 

[mdk]

Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.

Start your own bank or online payment system. If a fraction of this pissing and moaning is true than it should an overnight success.

Give me a fucking break. Just start your own bank, he says. It will be a huge success, raking in profit from the immense financial capital available to marginalized people espousing problematic opinions.

Doesn't it just suck when you have to live by the same standards you set for others? Like most hypocrites, you want to have your cake and eat it too.


It's not fair that *I* can be refused service?! Don't they know that *I* am somehow special!?

 

[Oddball]

except who is the "real" nazi?

That would be the actual Nazi, espouaimg white supremacist views and Nazi tenets. Kind of a dumb question there.

Here is a better question for you:

How is this censorship?

This is what real fascism looks like.

 

[impuretrash]

Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.

Start your own bank or online payment system. If a fraction of this pissing and moaning is true than it should an overnight success.

Give me a fucking break. Just start your own bank, he says. It will be a huge success, raking in profit from the immense financial capital available to marginalized people espousing problematic opinions.

Doesn't it just suck when you have to live by the same standards you set for others? Like most hypocrites, you want to have your cake and eat it too.


It's not fair that *I* can be refused service?! Don't they know that *I* am somehow special!?

Did Tommy Robinson ever issue a statement regarding the stupid fucking gay cake issue or no?

You're gonna condone corporate sponsored censorship and political sabotage because of a goddamn fucking cake?

 

[Oddball]

Were the design phases of these transactions even reached? From my understanding the transactions were terminated when the bakers found out that the cake was for a same-sex wedding. Either way I support their right to refuse to have their business associated with something they would rather not.

So you really can't see the difference between an individual making an individual judgement, and a big company being strongarmed by a vocal minority?...Really?

 

[mdk]

Just because it's legal, doesn't mean it's right.

Start your own bank or online payment system. If a fraction of this pissing and moaning is true than it should an overnight success.

Give me a fucking break. Just start your own bank, he says. It will be a huge success, raking in profit from the immense financial capital available to marginalized people espousing problematic opinions.

Doesn't it just suck when you have to live by the same standards you set for others? Like most hypocrites, you want to have your cake and eat it too.


It's not fair that *I* can be refused service?! Don't they know that *I* am somehow special!?

Did Tommy Robinson ever issue a statement regarding the stupid fucking gay cake issue or no?

You're gonna condone corporate sponsored censorship and political sabotage because of a goddamn fucking cake?

I side with businesses being able to decide whom they wish to do business with. You do as well, until the second it bruises your pussy. Let's get down to brass tacks: You don't have a right to a credit card or PayPal account.

 

[Mr Natural]

Perhaps Master Card doesn’t care to be associated with psychotics.

 

[OldLady]

could be a few doing it and it dies quickly. but it's troublesome to a degree people think this is ok. i don't agree with you so you must suffer. sad mentality many have fallen into these days.

ANYWAY -

Mastercard Has Been Forced By Activists To Hold A Shareholder Vote That Could Cut Off Payments To The Far-Right

"Activists have successfully forced Mastercard to hold a vote by shareholders on a proposal which, if passed, could see the company monitoring payments to global far-right political leaders and white supremacist groups.

The proposal aims to see Mastercard establish an internal “human rights committee” that would stop designated white supremacist groups and anti-Islam activists, such as Tommy Robinson, from getting access to money sent from donors using the company’s card payment services.

It’s been conceived by US-based political activists SumOfUs, who want to escalate the battle against white supremacists and far-right groups from tech platforms like Facebook, Google, Twitter, Patreon, and PayPal to one of the biggest companies in world finance, in an attempt to choke off donations."

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we revert back to, why is it the lefts job to determine who gets classified where and then force companies to hold votes on whether or not they should go along with their "suggested" actions?

the headline i just realized isn't "dead on" - if it can be corrected to be the headline of the story i'd appreciate it.

It is up to the shareholders, of course, but I'd be glad to see them do that. If we had been able to do some more of this when Hitler and Mussolini, et al, were rising to power, the 20th century might have been a little less evil.

 

[mdk]

Were the design phases of these transactions even reached? From my understanding the transactions were terminated when the bakers found out that the cake was for a same-sex wedding. Either way I support their right to refuse to have their business associated with something they would rather not.

So you really can't see the difference between an individual making an individual judgement, and a big company being strongarmed by a vocal minority?...Really?

The free market will decide if those business acts should be rewarded or not. Hopefully the gobmint will get involved and make everything better.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

How odd.

It mentions far right activists and anti-Islam activists without realizing that Islam is the most extreme right wing ideology on the planet.

What could possibly be more far right than a totalitarian, supremacist ideology seeking to force the world to conserve the cultural values of 7th century troglodytes?

 

[MindWars]

Leftist Activists FORCE Mastercard To Vote On Banning The Far Right
Activist group “The Sum Of Us” has successfully forced Mastercard to hold a vote that would see the creation of a “human rights committee” to oversee who uses the Mastercard service.

Don't worry soon enough the dumb mother fkrs will be next they are just to stupid to comprehend it all.

Well you all know how they destroy all they touch. Well off to my morning news drop being appreciated for information rather than slammed by a bunch of leftist c***ts is pretty nice.

 

[impuretrash]

How odd.

It mentions far right activists and anti-Islam activists without realizing that Islam is the most extreme right wing ideology on the planet.

What could possibly be more far right than a totalitarian, supremacist ideology seeking to force the world to conserve the cultural values of 7th century troglodytes?

Meanwhile theres nobody pressuring Mastercard to revoke accounts based on the holders negative opinions towards religion in general or Christianity in particular.

Those opinions are protected.

 

[OldLady]

How odd.

It mentions far right activists and anti-Islam activists without realizing that Islam is the most extreme right wing ideology on the planet.

What could possibly be more far right than a totalitarian, supremacist ideology seeking to force the world to conserve the cultural values of 7th century troglodytes?

You don't think they consider ISIS a "hate group?" LOL

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

The merger of corporate and leftist entities in classic fascist fashion. The left declares they are
all in for it.