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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a request from Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to temporarily bar Google from removing videos of him from YouTube based on its medical misinformation policies.

U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson found that Kennedy’s case against Google and its subsidiary YouTube is unlikely to succeed because the companies are not state actors and, as a result, can’t be held responsible for abridging his speech.

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[-] wahming@monyet.cc 68 points 11 months ago

Can we and the media stop calling him a 'democratic candidate'?

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago

Let's just stop talking about him entirely.

[-] MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago
[-] matchphoenix@feddit.uk 55 points 11 months ago

This guy doesn’t know what the first amendment is and he thinks he’s qualified to run this country?

[-] keeb420@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago

Yeah he's a republican.

[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

He's only acting as a spoiler candidate. He has no delusions of winning.

[-] AnonTwo@kbin.social 43 points 11 months ago

So...he's basically in this election to divide votes. Not to win. Because there's no democrat that wins the presidency with this.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 32 points 11 months ago
[-] Cleverdawny@lemm.ee 30 points 11 months ago

He's a Democrat like your crazy great aunt who keeps ranting about how things were better under President Kennedy and who hasn't voted for a Democrat since Nixon and who keeps posting insane misinformation on Facebook is a Democrat. I've met people like that, RFK will appeal to them. And siphon votes off from the Republicans.

[-] sarcasticsunrise@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago

Yep. These people were probably 50/50 on Bill Clinton even and definitely weren't voting Obama, because reasons. Nothing of value was lost

[-] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

"I don't know, there's just something about him I don't like. Did you hear, he wasn't even born here!" Sheep, just millions of sheep

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 10 points 11 months ago

It's primary season, he can't divide votes running against an incumbent President, they will literally laugh him out of the nominating convention.

The only danger would be if he tries a 3rd party run in the general election.

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The only danger would be if he tries a 3rd party run in the general election.

Honestly The only people I know that have ever had anything good to say about him are my family who have always been hardline Trump supporters. If he decides to run as third party he won't be hurting the Democratic ticket in the least, he'll just split the Republican vote.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

I think the fear is, there are enough senior Democrats who would go "Kennedy? Yes sir!"

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Democrats that old are the "never Lincolns party" Democrats and have probably been burning their votes for the green or libertarian parties anyway.

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

The boomers really are clueless. Had a long discussion about the world and capitalism and they still think it is the 60s.

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 33 points 11 months ago

What a fucking chud

[-] milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev 26 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

He’s exhibit A for the deleterious effects of long term lead poisoning.

[-] lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee 9 points 11 months ago

The entirety of the boomer generation, man. What a bunch of nasty old horrible people.

[-] MaxPow3r11@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

I'm ready for this asshole to fade back into obscurity.

[-] beesyrup@lemm.ee 10 points 11 months ago

What a ball bag.

[-] onionbaggage@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 11 months ago
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