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If you support the idea of free speech, do you support banning CrimethInc? If you do, do you also support banning anti-vaxx misinformation at the height of a s

• taolegal 4y ago
  > do you support banning CrimethInc? Not really, but free speech goes hand-in-hand with free association. Musk obviously has the prerogative to ban people. > do you also support banning anti-vaxx misinformation at the height of a societal health crisis? Nope, but again it's their perogative. > do you support calling Musk out on his hypocrisy here? I don't particularly care. At the end of the day, free speech is the foundational freedom in the US. It's the 1st amendment for a reason. There's no use in arguing against it, it's an ultimate virtue whether people support it or not. Clearly a private company do whatever it wants, BUT free speech is an ideal and Twitter should nevertheless try to uphold it, as the de facto public square on the internet.