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Maybe we should think about this in the opposite way - when a person tries overthrow the government they should be arrested. The problem isn't that people on tw
by Traster 6y ago
Maybe we should think about this in the opposite way - when a person tries overthrow the government they should be arrested. The problem isn't that people on twitter are getting banned from twitter from advocating/planning the murder of members of congress. It's that they're not getting arrested.
If we actually had functioning law enforcement for this stuff then we could actually have a proper discussion about what legal content what should be moderated and how.
- phendrenad2 6y agoThe law moves slowly. Angry mobs move quickly. Give it time. Just because the angry mob got there first, doesn't mean that the law isn't functional. I fully believe that people who broke the law will be tried, eventually.
- logifail 6y ago> The law moves slowly ..and [one would hope] carefully and [one would hope] according to well-understood rules. "She said something that really offends me" probably won't get you arrested, and almost certainly won't get you convicted; under the current climate it might well get you kicked off social media.