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The two are fundamentally different platforms. Twitter is an open space provided as a free service to the public at large, while a lecture is a fundamentally c
by cderwin 10y ago
The two are fundamentally different platforms. Twitter is an open space provided as a free service to the public at large, while a lecture is a fundamentally closed platform (only the lecturer speaks) only open to those enrolled in a specific class.
That said, even in the example you give it is not always considered appropriate to remove people causing disruption. Consider, for example, a conservative speaker giving a guest lecture being protested against -- often loud enough the the lecturer needs to shout to be heard by his audience, even though protesters are outside.
Here is a relevant video of Ben Shapiro giving a lecture at Penn State: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLpa6fsTxCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLpa6fsTxCA
- rtpg 10y agoWhat about someone being disruptive at a open presentation? Or someone showing up to your local game meetup and being generally disagreeable? What about a public park that has gotten ruined because someone keeps on doing donuts with their motorbike on the grass? A library whose books keep on getting ruined by certain people? Even public services need to have some maintenance to not fall apart. There's a reason we call 4chan moderators "janitors".
- maxerickson 10y agoThe point of my comment is that it's an ideal rather than a principle. If you concede that it is appropriate to control the lecture space, you concede that it isn't a principle. At that point we are discussing the rules about when it is appropriate to have private controls on speech rather than our outrage at someone having a private control on speech.