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I Believe in Free Speech, So Long as I Get to Change What Free Speech Means

• hobbitstan 4y ago
  ‘Free speech is the backbone of our country and its democracy. Without it, we plunge into autocracy.’ I assume Eli had a similar set of posts for all the conservative voices silenced by Twitter bans over the years?
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  • jasonhansel 4y ago
    The post is mocking "free speech" absolutism, not defending it.
  • DLA 4y ago
    Good point, that. Funny how free speech is said to matter so much now because that some liberals have been treated like they treated masses of conservatives.
• jfengel 4y ago
  McSweeney's is sometimes very, very good. This isn't it. It's just too on-the-nose. It's not much better than the Babylon Bee. It's hard to be properly satirical when the reality is so absurd. The Onion didn't really do all that much better: "Elon Musk Hides In Dark Twitter Office As Landlord Bangs On Door Demanding Rent" https://www.theonion.com/elon-musk-hides-in-dark-twitter-office-as-landlord-bang-1849899600 https://www.theonion.com/elon-musk-hides-in-dark-twitter-off... Here's McSweeney's doing a bit better, if a bit niche: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/eight-nights-of-asmr-triggers-for-hanukkah https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/eight-nights-of-asmr-tri...