Strava goes political. What are your thoughts? Should I delete the App?

Harambe wrote:

Paradoxical wrote:

Harambe, your arguments always seem to rely on a ridiculous strawman. I have never heard a conservative say that conservatives have a right to be paid by Big Tech, only that is dangerous for companies that control the entire flow of today's information silencing political dissidents. People like you seem to believe that this is perfectly fine because they're "private companies" (really, it is just because they are silencing people you don't like, but I will play along) even though companies like Facebook, Google, Apple receive billions in corporate welfare.

If you want to re-write laws such that any companies accepting "corporate welfare" must abide by the bill of rights as if they were a state entity... then go ahead and lobby for that? That is clearly not the interpretation of the laws as they stand though.

It is also hilarious that you say these companies control "the entire flow of today's information" as you post about them on this website. There are countless alternatives to the big tech giants for hosting/anything you may need.

There are plenty of alternative networks like Gab, Parler 2.0, LRC (lol), that allow a wide range of content. Is your argument that this it is unfair that these sites aren't popular? Doesn't that have more to say about the popularity of the views expressed on those platforms?

A lot of this anger seems to stem from the fact that far-right views simply aren't popular. The market has relegated them to small parts of the internet because.... people just don't care!

HitEmWithTheHein wrote:

This, my friends, is a perfect example of the manipulation of language that goes on every day in the legacy news media. I do not know if Strava is just repeating what they've learned from such media, or if they're willfully participating in misdirection themselves. Either way, I'm sure that they're convinced of their own righteousness, which could be used to justify their motive.

So, with that in mind, let's take a close look at their statement:

The contrast between how the mob of domestic terrorists was treated as they breached the US Capitol and the treatment of those who peacefully demonstrated against systemic racism in places like Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis and Detroit over the past months was deeply disturbing.

The above statement more than likely true.

The trickery is that they left out several very important aspects. They didn't compare the mob of domestic terrorists at the Capitol to the mobs of domestic terrorists in Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis, and Detroit. Nor did they compare those who peacefully demonstrated at the Capitol to those who peacefully demonstrated in the aforementioned cities.

From what I can tell, the mobs of domestic terrorists in places like Portland met little resistance when they took over buildings, mobbed, burned, stole, murdered, and seceded from the union, for months. In contrast, the abhorrent act at the capitol, where a woman was shot by police, was over very quickly. Can any of us say her name?

When claims such as Strava's are made, it's up to all of us to scrutinize their statements not just for factual content, but also for what is left out. The legacy media and social media have been twisting information like this for far too long. To echo the cry from left, you have to, "educate yourself."

To lay my cards on the table, I'm a middle aged Mexican-American. This alone shouldn't imply anything about my politics. In fact, I don't have any particular political leanings, but I do try to scrutinize the claims made by both sides. It's worth noting that on message boards and in my private life, those who are on the right tend to encourage me to scrutinize both sides. Those who lean left seem to scold me a lot for looking into facts, motivations, and half-truths.

rojo wrote:

HitEmWithTheHein wrote:

This, my friends, is a perfect example of the manipulation of language that goes on every day in the legacy news media. I do not know if Strava is just repeating what they've learned from such media, or if they're willfully participating in misdirection themselves. Either way, I'm sure that they're convinced of their own righteousness, which could be used to justify their motive.

So, with that in mind, let's take a close look at their statement:

The contrast between how the mob of domestic terrorists was treated as they breached the US Capitol and the treatment of those who peacefully demonstrated against systemic racism in places like Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis and Detroit over the past months was deeply disturbing.

The above statement more than likely true.

The trickery is that they left out several very important aspects. They didn't compare the mob of domestic terrorists at the Capitol to the mobs of domestic terrorists in Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis, and Detroit. Nor did they compare those who peacefully demonstrated at the Capitol to those who peacefully demonstrated in the aforementioned cities.

From what I can tell, the mobs of domestic terrorists in places like Portland met little resistance when they took over buildings, mobbed, burned, stole, murdered, and seceded from the union, for months. In contrast, the abhorrent act at the capitol, where a woman was shot by police, was over very quickly. Can any of us say her name?

When claims such as Strava's are made, it's up to all of us to scrutinize their statements not just for factual content, but also for what is left out. The legacy media and social media have been twisting information like this for far too long. To echo the cry from left, you have to, "educate yourself."

To lay my cards on the table, I'm a middle aged Mexican-American. This alone shouldn't imply anything about my politics. In fact, I don't have any particular political leanings, but I do try to scrutinize the claims made by both sides. It's worth noting that on message boards and in my private life, those who are on the right tend to encourage me to scrutinize both sides. Those who lean left seem to scold me a lot for looking into facts, motivations, and half-truths.

Great post. Can I buy you lunch at Cisco's the next time there is a big track meet in town? Email me -

robert@letsrun.com

azsxdcf wrote:

What does everyone think about what Strava wrote in their blog:

"The contrast between how the mob of domestic terrorists was treated as they breached the US Capitol and the treatment of those who peacefully demonstrated against systemic racism in places like Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis and Detroit over the past months was deeply disturbing. What more proof do we need that we must change the racist power structures perpetrating this inequitable system?

Also, please join us in asking our elected officials to fulfill their commitment to protect our democracy and facilitate the peaceful transfer of power. We’re calling for them to hold Trump accountable for his unconscionable acts against democracy. "

LRC Note. There were two threads on this topic and we have merged them into one. This one was the original thread and was initially titled, "Strava - what are your thoughts?" A 2nd thread started by "I'm a man, I'm 40" was entitled "Grow a pair and delete your Strava account." We changed the name to try to combine the sentiment of the two titles.

Here is the link to the post.:

https://blog.strava.com/we-must-protect-democracy/

azsxdcf wrote:

What does everyone think about what Strava wrote in their blog:

"The contrast between how the mob of domestic terrorists was treated as they breached the US Capitol and the treatment of those who peacefully demonstrated against systemic racism in places like Washington D.C., Portland, Minneapolis and Detroit over the past months was deeply disturbing. What more proof do we need that we must change the racist power structures perpetrating this inequitable system?

Also, please join us in asking our elected officials to fulfill their commitment to protect our democracy and facilitate the peaceful transfer of power. We’re calling for them to hold Trump accountable for his unconscionable acts against democracy. "

LRC Note. There were two threads on this topic and we have merged them into one. This one was the original thread and was initially titled, "Strava - what are your thoughts?" A 2nd thread started by "I'm a man, I'm 40" was entitled "Grow a pair and delete your Strava account." We changed the name to try to combine the sentiment of the two titles.

Here is the link to the post.:

https://blog.strava.com/we-must-protect-democracy/