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framing criticism as subversion or insubordination is pretty telling. this is the behaviour of a free speech absolutist? https://www.fastcompany.com/90208132/e

framing criticism as subversion or insubordination is pretty telling. this is the behaviour of a free speech absolutist? https://www.fastcompany.com/90208132/elon-musk-allegedly-silenced-an-online-critic-with-peter-thiels-playbook https://www.fastcompany.com/90208132/elon-musk-allegedly-sil... I don't doubt that if he thinks he can get away with it, he'll censor information on twitter that is harmful to the finely-crafted PR narratives he likes to make about himself and his companies. Like those battery fires and autopilot unforced/spontaneous crashes.

awb 5y ago
> this is the behaviour of a free speech absolutist? Because it’s just a catchy phrase that sounds good on paper. What’s a “free speech absolutist” position on spam, NDAs, calls to violence, libel, national security, fraud, false advertising, copyright infringement, personal privacy, etc.? I don’t know of any country, platform or person that follows an “absolutist” philosophy on free speech within any reasonable definition of the word “absolute”. Everyone is a “free speech exceptionist”, it’s just varying degrees of exceptions.
- OrvalWintermute 5y ago
  > Everyone is a “free speech exceptionist”, it’s just varying degrees of exceptions ++ Exceptions for me, but not for thee!
- UncleMeat 5y ago
  Yep. Every discussion I've ever had with a "free speech absolutist" has gone like this. "What are your thoughts on false advertising laws?" "That's fine, because fraud is a crime and therefore not speech" People have bucketed "things I think should be legal" as "speech" and "things I think should be illegal" as "not speech" and then this makes it trivial to say that all speech should be legal because the definition is circular.