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Sure, plenty of other carmakers have committed vile sins. But the Musk Twitter nonsense is very current, which makes it harder to stomach than Henry Ford's anti

Sure, plenty of other carmakers have committed vile sins. But the Musk Twitter nonsense is very current, which makes it harder to stomach than Henry Ford's anti-semitism over 100 years ago. And let's not pretend Elon is sticking up for "free speech." He's censoring folks who don't agree with him. That isn't free speech, unless you subscribe to fascist definitions of "free speech."

bilbo0s 4y ago
the Musk Twitter nonsense is very current I don't understand how people don't get this? It's like saying "Trump's bad, but what about Thomas Jefferson and slavery!" It just leaves people scratching their heads.
newZWhoDis 4y ago
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- vgt 4y ago
  https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-starts-banning-critical-journalists-from-twitter https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-start... https://time.com/6229960/twitter-bans-accounts-elon-musk-impersonators/ https://time.com/6229960/twitter-bans-accounts-elon-musk-imp...
- ModernMech 4y ago
  > Users were banned for impersonation, which was against the rules prior to Elon. Musk said he was going to only ban people for violating the law. It is not against the law to parody someone without identifying that you are a parody. Musk banning these accounts may be fine from your perspective, but not from an absolute free speech perspective. > 2) Banning the jet tracker, while wrong, makes sense Doesn’t make sense from the perspective of free speech absolutism. A lot of the bans pre-Musk made sense, like banning Trump for using the platform to foment insurrection. But Musk railed against those actions as examples of censorship, and promised not to operate that way. Instead, he is operating exactly that way. I don’t have a problem with that as it’s his platform, but he 100% went back on his promise as soon as he got control. > Edit: I can’t reply to you because of dangs rate limit. Your articles are complete bullshit. You’ve been rate limited for a reason. Please don’t try to get around the rate limit by editing your posts.
mathaway 4y ago
There is no one currently banned on Twitter by Musk for personal dislike. The only person he’s being unprincipled against is Alex Jones.

bilbo0s 4y ago

the Musk Twitter nonsense is very current I don't understand how people don't get this? It's like saying "Trump's bad, but what about Thomas Jefferson and slavery!" It just leaves people scratching their heads.

newZWhoDis 4y ago

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vgt 4y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-starts-banning-critical-journalists-from-twitter https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/15/23512004/elon-musk-start... https://time.com/6229960/twitter-bans-accounts-elon-musk-impersonators/ https://time.com/6229960/twitter-bans-accounts-elon-musk-imp...
ModernMech 4y ago
> Users were banned for impersonation, which was against the rules prior to Elon. Musk said he was going to only ban people for violating the law. It is not against the law to parody someone without identifying that you are a parody. Musk banning these accounts may be fine from your perspective, but not from an absolute free speech perspective. > 2) Banning the jet tracker, while wrong, makes sense Doesn’t make sense from the perspective of free speech absolutism. A lot of the bans pre-Musk made sense, like banning Trump for using the platform to foment insurrection. But Musk railed against those actions as examples of censorship, and promised not to operate that way. Instead, he is operating exactly that way. I don’t have a problem with that as it’s his platform, but he 100% went back on his promise as soon as he got control. > Edit: I can’t reply to you because of dangs rate limit. Your articles are complete bullshit. You’ve been rate limited for a reason. Please don’t try to get around the rate limit by editing your posts.

mathaway 4y ago

There is no one currently banned on Twitter by Musk for personal dislike. The only person he’s being unprincipled against is Alex Jones.