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That's why absolutism is a laughable farce when it comes to "free speech"

ergocoder 4y ago
He tweeted a few times that he is not a free speech absolutism. For example: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519036983137509376 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519036983137509376 Unless, of course, you think people are not allowed to update their opinion.
- altacc 4y ago
  That tweet says that free speech will be limited by law. For that to be relevant to ElonJet he would have to specify which laws ElonJet broke. People can change their opinions but if you’ve made big public statements about that opinion, spent $44 billion in part to enforce that opinion, garnered press & support for that opinion, then I’d expect that opinion to be strongly held and not dropped at the first test that affected you personally. Then if you do change opinion then you should be as equally public about it as you were previously.
  - ergocoder 4y ago
    > Then if you do change opinion then you should be as equally public about it as you were previously. He tweeted about it, and I gave you the tweet. It's equally public because his initial opinion is also a tweet. Isn't that enough? > For that to be relevant to ElonJet he would have to specify which laws ElonJet broke. It causes indirect harm to his family that led to the current stalker incident.
    - ceejayoz 4y ago
      > It causes indirect harm to his family that led to the current stalker incident. Setting aside that there’s no evidence for this linkage for a moment, which law does that break? Will he be banning Libs of TikTok, who've much more demonstrably done indirect harm to various children's hospitals by triggering bomb threats?
salawat 4y ago
No it's not. The speech didn't do squat. Some crazy did. I should be able to tweet his flight plans. If se stalker gets a daft idea, woopdie Sue the stalker/get bodyguards. Land of the free, home of the brave for a reason. The price of admission is living here at your own risk.

He tweeted a few times that he is not a free speech absolutism. For example: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519036983137509376 https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519036983137509376 Unless, of course, you think people are not allowed to update their opinion.

altacc 4y ago
That tweet says that free speech will be limited by law. For that to be relevant to ElonJet he would have to specify which laws ElonJet broke. People can change their opinions but if you’ve made big public statements about that opinion, spent $44 billion in part to enforce that opinion, garnered press & support for that opinion, then I’d expect that opinion to be strongly held and not dropped at the first test that affected you personally. Then if you do change opinion then you should be as equally public about it as you were previously.
- ergocoder 4y ago
  > Then if you do change opinion then you should be as equally public about it as you were previously. He tweeted about it, and I gave you the tweet. It's equally public because his initial opinion is also a tweet. Isn't that enough? > For that to be relevant to ElonJet he would have to specify which laws ElonJet broke. It causes indirect harm to his family that led to the current stalker incident.
  - ceejayoz 4y ago
    > It causes indirect harm to his family that led to the current stalker incident. Setting aside that there’s no evidence for this linkage for a moment, which law does that break? Will he be banning Libs of TikTok, who've much more demonstrably done indirect harm to various children's hospitals by triggering bomb threats?

salawat 4y ago

No it's not. The speech didn't do squat. Some crazy did. I should be able to tweet his flight plans. If se stalker gets a daft idea, woopdie Sue the stalker/get bodyguards. Land of the free, home of the brave for a reason. The price of admission is living here at your own risk.