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Even if this were true (he has no proof and the more likely explanation is a glitch), his thesis about this being treason is incorrect. Twitter is not required

Even if this were true (he has no proof and the more likely explanation is a glitch), his thesis about this being treason is incorrect. Twitter is not required to host any content they don't like or want. Adams can still bring his message to other mediums. Also, this post segues from conspiracy theory to political bolstering. It's likely he's using clickbait here to prop up his favored candidate.

ebrenes 10y ago
He pays lip service to the fact that Twitter is not legally required to do any of that, but then just says that Twitter should die anyway. Which is the part that's worrying about these discourses, where they just erode the freedoms and liberties afforded to society to fit within their narrow world-view of how the rest of the world should behave. I much prefer the person who labels this type of behavior by Twitter as something unproductive or undesired, but to label it as "treason" lets me know all I need to know about the way this person is currently parsing the world.
unfathomable 10y ago
It is treason because they are adamantly attacking Trump supporters because they are Trump supporters.
- c0nducktr 10y ago
  Even if that were true, how's that treason again?
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  The owner of a publishing platform exercising freedom of press in a way which disfavor Adams' preferred candidate isn't treason.
- vorotato 10y ago
  I'm pretty sure ChickFila established that corporations have just as much right to free speech as we do. This includes and is not limited to choosing what content they would like to share.
  - Domenic_S 10y ago
    If that's what twitter wants to do, they need to be truthful about it, and perhaps update their mission statement: Our mission: To give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers. - https://about.twitter.com/company https://about.twitter.com/company Let me be clear: if they want to push a political agenda, then they have (afaik) every right to. But they should not pretend they're some (ahem) Fair and Balanced firehose of everyone's thoughts and ideas.

ebrenes 10y ago

He pays lip service to the fact that Twitter is not legally required to do any of that, but then just says that Twitter should die anyway. Which is the part that's worrying about these discourses, where they just erode the freedoms and liberties afforded to society to fit within their narrow world-view of how the rest of the world should behave. I much prefer the person who labels this type of behavior by Twitter as something unproductive or undesired, but to label it as "treason" lets me know all I need to know about the way this person is currently parsing the world.

unfathomable 10y ago

It is treason because they are adamantly attacking Trump supporters because they are Trump supporters.

c0nducktr 10y ago
Even if that were true, how's that treason again?
dragonwriter 10y ago
The owner of a publishing platform exercising freedom of press in a way which disfavor Adams' preferred candidate isn't treason.
vorotato 10y ago
I'm pretty sure ChickFila established that corporations have just as much right to free speech as we do. This includes and is not limited to choosing what content they would like to share.
- Domenic_S 10y ago
  If that's what twitter wants to do, they need to be truthful about it, and perhaps update their mission statement: Our mission: To give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers. - https://about.twitter.com/company https://about.twitter.com/company Let me be clear: if they want to push a political agenda, then they have (afaik) every right to. But they should not pretend they're some (ahem) Fair and Balanced firehose of everyone's thoughts and ideas.