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It's surely free speech to write articles suggesting free speech be curtailed. It's also free speech to disagree with censorship. What's your point? (GP didn't
by gingerrr 10y ago
It's surely free speech to write articles suggesting free speech be curtailed. It's also free speech to disagree with censorship. What's your point?
(GP didn't seem to be expressing an issue with the article having been written, but with the article's suggestion that Twitter (and other media) need to do more to censor hate speech. In that context this comment is non sequitur.)
- fisherjeff 10y agoFree speech and Twitter are unrelated concepts. Twitter has no responsibility to enforce free speech and can do whatever the hell it wants, although it can be subject to user backlash.
- gingerrr 10y agoNobody is disputing that Twitter can do whatever it wants, in fact that's exactly the point that (GG)GP is making - why should Twitter have a responsibility to anyone to do anything about hate speech on its site? The author of the linked article argues that Twitter has a responsibility to censor hate speech, which GP disputed, because Twitter can do whatever the hell it wants. You're arguing that Twitter does not have a responsibility to not censor hate speech, which nobody disputed, because Twitter can do whatever the hell it wants. You're arguing with the wind again. edit: typos, phrasing