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I have no illusions about how well-managed Twitter has been up to this point, but it is bitterly ironic that the narrow, libertarian-adjacent argument that goes
by overthemoon 4y ago
I have no illusions about how well-managed Twitter has been up to this point, but it is bitterly ironic that the narrow, libertarian-adjacent argument that goes something like "they're a private enterprise, they can ban whoever they want, free speech has nothing to do with it" is being tested. What happens when a giant, unaccountable communication monolith is run by a guy you don't like?
I can't stand the man, and I dislike the idea of him owning Twitter. Who knows what's going to happen, whether he'll succeed or not, Maybe he'll put his money where his mouth is re censorship, I don't know, but that there will be an ideological changing of the guard is inevitable, imo. What then? Do we really want these platforms to have so much unaccountable control over the discourse?
- dangerface 4y agoFreespeech is an inherently libertarian believe I don't think it's the libertarians that are trying to ban people for not being politically correct.
- zionic 4y ago> Do we really want these platforms to have so much unaccountable control over the discourse? Funny how this is suddenly a problem when Elon tries to buy. I agree in principle, but the bias on display is overwhelming.
- overthemoon 4y agoThat's exactly my point. I don't think the people who wanted this or that account banned really thought through what they were saying when they were appealing to the private nature of Twitter's ownership.