Parler CEO John Matze Community Town Square View Of Free Speech On Social Media Sites

From Fox News "Parler CEO says platform serves as 'community town square': The platform is free of restrictions and censorship, CEO told told "Tucker Carlson Tonight" " by Yael Halon:

Parler takes a far more laissez-faire approach, offering a platform where users, "liberated from restrictions," can publically express their ideas.

"We just want to sit back and say 'social media was supposed to be about the people. It was supposed to be about people having a free voice, being able to be, you know, liberated from restrictions,'" [Parler CEO John] Matze said. "And so that's what we are here to offer is a community town square for people to have discussions."

***"Well, when you go out in public people say crazy things all the time," Matze responded. "Everybody has opinions and some of them might not be the norm, right? It's not against the law to have those opinions. It's not against the law to express yourself, you know. And if you like one political candidate or another or you believe or don't believe in climate change or whatever it might be, you know, you shouldn't be taken offline because of it."

Addressing his critics, Mazte asked, "Do you believe that we should have somebody in, you know, New York, let's say in the middle of Times Square telling you what you can and cannot say? Because that's what these companies are doing."

Butter And Whole Milk Sales Are Booming

From Bloomberg Opinion, "Butter Is Booming, Whole Milk Is Back and Dairy Is Surviving: Dietary trends come and go, but for four decades this industry has been finding ways to keep consumption growing." by Justin Fox:

Nationwide, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, butter production is up 6% over the first nine months of the year and is on track to top two billion pounds for the first time since 1943.

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Even within milk sales there’s been an interesting shift lately, with whole milk outselling 2% milk for the first time in 15 years in 2018 and building on its lead in 2019, and skim milk sales drifting downward. If you’re going to drink milk, and not smashed-up almonds mixed with water, then you might as well drink the milkiest kind of milk.