An Infowars reporter found out what it really means to be ‘publicly owned’ when she said this

John Plunkett. Updated August 8th, 2018

We are grateful to Simon Maloy for sharing what happened when proud Christian, proud American, and Infowars reporter and journalist Millie Weaver said this on Twitter.

Dear Libtards who think Facebook is a privately owned business,

There's a thing called fact-checking.

Facebook is a public business that's publicly traded.

Using that argument to justify banning Alex Jones doesn't work pic.twitter.com/6laQBgn0qF

— Millie Weaver (@Millie__Weaver) August 7, 2018

Not happy about Alex Jones being kicked off all those social media platforms, obviously.

Except the ‘Libtards’ were only too happy to point out her schoolboy error. Here are a bunch of our favourites.

Okay so. Sometimes big popular words like “public and private” have different meanings depending on this thing called context. I know the MAGA hat removes context from your brain but take it off, rub your temples a little and give it a try.

— Reverse Racism STILL Isn't A Thing (@csilverandgold) August 8, 2018

So sometimes “public” means “available to the public” and sometimes it means “owned by the public.” For instance. “Public parks” are owned by the public, so we as a group decide what happens to them through our elected representatives.

— Reverse Racism STILL Isn't A Thing (@csilverandgold) August 8, 2018

By contrast, say, a mall is a “public place” bc it is “available to the public.” But the mall, and everything in it, is not “owned by the public,” so we the people—through our representatives and constrained by our constitution—do NOT have a say over what the mall does.

— Reverse Racism STILL Isn't A Thing (@csilverandgold) August 8, 2018

Facebook, specifically Facebook stock is “available to the public.” Ownership if Facebook is available to the people. But that does not mean that Facebook is owned by the public.

— Reverse Racism STILL Isn't A Thing (@csilverandgold) August 8, 2018

So we don’t get a say over what Facebook does until and unless we the people, through our government and constrained by the constitution, assert jurisdiction over particular actions Facebook takes by passing a law. We have not done so.

— Reverse Racism STILL Isn't A Thing (@csilverandgold) August 8, 2018

So despite being a “public” company, we the people, and certainly not you the individual MAGA head, have no say or jurisdiction over who it does or does not ban, which is what “public” might mean in another context.

— Reverse Racism STILL Isn't A Thing (@csilverandgold) August 8, 2018

Terrific explanation.

— timkennedy (@timkennedy) August 8, 2018

You’re both wrong. Facebook is a private company that is publicly traded.

— Everybody Trades (@EverybodyTrades) August 7, 2018

Wow. You have no idea what you’re talking about. I’ll help:

Private = Not government run and tax payer funded

I.e. Facebook, Starbucks, Target

Public = Government run and tax payer funded

I.e. The courts, post office, libraries, roads, DMV

Go back to 7th grade civics please.

— Will Bailey (@CitizenWBailey) August 7, 2018

10.

Facebook is designated as Public because they held an IPO, an Initial Public Offering and allowed people to purchase stocks (or shares) which are kind of like owning a piece of the company to “share” profits.

By your logic only non publicly traded companies are private.

Silly.

— Will Bailey (@CitizenWBailey) August 7, 2018

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"Public" means shares of stock are available for anyone with the money to buy.

The people who buy the stock collectively own it.

Those owners are private individuals and businesses.

They collectively decide what Facebook does, through a board.

Not you, not the government.

— Alexandra Erin (@alexandraerin) August 7, 2018

12.

Hi Millie, I'm a corporate lawyer. What you are saying is complete nonsense. Please delete your account.

— LetsRollLight (@EnjoyViolence) August 7, 2018

13.

Keep googling and eventually you will figure out why we’re laughing at you.

— Deep State Space Monkey (@VitruvianMonkey) August 7, 2018

Message must have got through now, right? Er …

Apparently, "Progressives" can't read.

I simply pointed out that the cliche' argument that 'Facebook can censor Alex Jones because they're a privately owned business' doesn't work.

Why? Because it's a factually incorrect.

Facebook is a public business.

— Millie Weaver (@Millie__Weaver) August 7, 2018

At least there’s one thing we can all agree on.

ironically this has become a lesson in being publicly owned https://t.co/pszBfb2v18

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) August 7, 2018

Boom!

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