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One man's racism is another man's free speech. Just like one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. Facebook and the other SV tech companies have a
by siberianbear 6y ago
One man's racism is another man's free speech.
Just like one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
Facebook and the other SV tech companies have a clear political bias that often seems like selective and directed censorship.
- rowawey 6y agoBoth are false equivocations, and a bad analogy. Blowing up a bus full of kids achieves no political goal in no scenario, nor should it. Racism is racism, although reprehensible, is protected from government censorship and prior restraint. Companies providing for-profit platforms aren't the government and can do whatever they want since the first amendment doesn't apply to them. If people really wanted free speech, they wouldn't popularize a company's platform but would pay a little to support and use a non-profit public commons platform that was sensibly/lightly regulated.