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What’s good for the goose is good for the gander. That’s why free speech policies shouldn’t be dictated by partisan concerns. You never know who will be in con
by pzh 4y ago
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
That’s why free speech policies shouldn’t be dictated by partisan concerns. You never know who will be in control of your social media platform in the future.
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- turdnagel 4y agoTwitter doesn't have "free speech policies". It has moderation policies. They're not enforced evenly, but no platform has solved this.
- convery 4y agoI mean, there's a difference between platforms trying solve the issue and Twitter that gives a badge repeat offenders as long as the target of their bigotry is deemed acceptable..
- philosopher1234 4y agoSuppose the president got up every day and issued a presidential address in which he said "we should kill all mintorities". Would you be opposed to this? Thats an extreme example, but the point im illustrating is that in reality, as a society, we do not approve or endorse all speech, and it is obviously true that censorship is useful. You can see quite clearly that were the president to do this, it would have consequences. Does that mean we should make certain speech illegal? Not necessarily. Does it mean we should curtail the reach of certain speech? I think it is good for Twitter to do this. The distinction is that speech being possible is different than speech being emphasized or broadcasted.
- lovecg 4y agoIf we elect a president who does this we already lost as a country.
- rc_kas 4y agoTell that to Elon Musk. He regularly silences his critics.