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This is ridiculous, no statement exists outside of context. > "If you saw someone about to murder a child, would you punch them to stop it?" > "Yes I'd punch
by BoorishBears 7y ago
This is ridiculous, no statement exists outside of context.
> "If you saw someone about to murder a child, would you punch them to stop it?"
> "Yes I'd punch that person"
> This just in: AndrewUnmuted advocating violent assault and battery.
We would never stand for a journalist making that kind of report, why?
Because it's a contextomy of the worst kind that totally twists what was said, and is tantamount to a lie even if "technically" it's true.
Why should Twitter encourage the spread of that lie?
- kipchak 7y agoI get and agree with the premise, but wouldn't someone punching a murderer to be fall under Defense of Another technically and not assault and battery? I think in that case saying someone was advocating assault and battery would be technically and practically untrue.
- BoorishBears 7y agoThis is great proof of the point: - You would still technically be committing the legal definition of those crimes, you just have a valid defense, under the rights afforded by defense of others - You could aways weasel out by saying you're referring to the physical acts, not the legal definitions of those terms Once you start arbitrarily shedding context, it becomes easier and easier to flat out lie, using the "truth", then weasel your way out once held to task for it.
- vokep 7y agoBecause it gives twitter, not you or I, the sole power of deciding what is a lie and not. Its a power that can be used benevolently, but strongly begs human nature to use it in a corrupt way.
- BoorishBears 7y agoTwitter already has sole power of deciding what exists on their platform... there's no freedom of speech. They don't need the excuse or the train of action: we don't like that => but it's true => label as lie => removed as lie. They're allowed to go: we don't like that => removed.
- cameronbrown 7y agoLegally, sure. Morally? Possibly not. I'm still very uncomfortable with companies (and governments) having so much power over what people see. This 'Twitter decides the truth' is 1984-bound.
- BoorishBears 7y agoI have no idea what you're talking about. Their ability to remove a post has nothing to do with morality. Morally they have no obligation to support hate speech and that alone already excludes them from supporting free speech.