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I’m not upset, I’m just amused. It’s always amazing to me when “free market” conservatives complain about private companies making private decisions that they d

I’m not upset, I’m just amused. It’s always amazing to me when “free market” conservatives complain about private companies making private decisions that they don’t like. I go on Twitter maybe 5 minutes a month. There are dozens of other “town squares” and if you think twitter is the only one you’re on there way too much. Has anyone been arrested or imprisoned for running the Hunter Biden laptop story? Has any government authority threatened anyone with arrest for running the Hunter Biden story? No? Then not a free speech issue. Twitter is not a government agency. Don’t like their moderation practices? Start your own twitter which is exactly what Trump did and is the correct response. He can then push or censor whatever stories he wants and people decide whether or not they want to traffic on that site. That is the beauty of the free market we play in. If Fox wants to be the propaganda arm of the Republican Party while masquerading as news, good for them. If Elon wants to unban everyone on Twitter and let everything go unfettered with no moderation, good for him. There are lots of other choices out there. None of this is new or interesting. This seems like more of a school cafeteria food fight than any kind of “free speech” issue.

tekknik 4y ago
On the other hand, we could just stop trying to control speech and understand the implications of one side having a defacto town square that the other isn’t invited to. We can also understand that while there’s no legal protection, having companies run around as pseudo dictators removing rights for their own political beliefs undermines the spirit of 1A You seem pro echo chamber and I still cannot for the life of me understand why you want to control speech so much. It’s almost like you’re scared a second voice in the room because it’s harder dispense misinformation that leads to support.
- jliptzin 4y ago
  It is actually the opposite, you are the one advocating for controlling speech. Telling Twitter or any other private organization that they have to spread information on their private platform that they consider harmful or damaging to themselves or their business is a violation of their speech. If I host a comment section on my blog and someone starts posting nazi propaganda I should have the right to remove those posts. Or any other posts I don’t like. Twitter is just a bigger version of that. If you don’t like twitter’s moderation policies don’t use twitter, use truth social or Parler or 4chan or whatever.
  - tekknik 4y ago
    Twitter does not speak when someone posts. This is a ridiculous take on free speech and is a bit concerning if you actually think this way.
    - tekknik 4y ago
      Here you go, a perfect example just came up: https://www.foxnews.com/us/retired-navy-seal-made-famous-coming-out-trans-announces-detransition-destroyed-my-life https://www.foxnews.com/us/retired-navy-seal-made-famous-com... While CNN has many many articles on the individual, they’re missing this one.

tekknik 4y ago

On the other hand, we could just stop trying to control speech and understand the implications of one side having a defacto town square that the other isn’t invited to. We can also understand that while there’s no legal protection, having companies run around as pseudo dictators removing rights for their own political beliefs undermines the spirit of 1A You seem pro echo chamber and I still cannot for the life of me understand why you want to control speech so much. It’s almost like you’re scared a second voice in the room because it’s harder dispense misinformation that leads to support.

jliptzin 4y ago
It is actually the opposite, you are the one advocating for controlling speech. Telling Twitter or any other private organization that they have to spread information on their private platform that they consider harmful or damaging to themselves or their business is a violation of their speech. If I host a comment section on my blog and someone starts posting nazi propaganda I should have the right to remove those posts. Or any other posts I don’t like. Twitter is just a bigger version of that. If you don’t like twitter’s moderation policies don’t use twitter, use truth social or Parler or 4chan or whatever.
- tekknik 4y ago
  Twitter does not speak when someone posts. This is a ridiculous take on free speech and is a bit concerning if you actually think this way.
  - tekknik 4y ago
    Here you go, a perfect example just came up: https://www.foxnews.com/us/retired-navy-seal-made-famous-coming-out-trans-announces-detransition-destroyed-my-life https://www.foxnews.com/us/retired-navy-seal-made-famous-com... While CNN has many many articles on the individual, they’re missing this one.