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It is amazing to me how many people continue to obfuscate and/or downplay the revelations of the Twitter Files by pointing to the fact that Twitter is a private
by StanislavPetrov 4y ago
It is amazing to me how many people continue to obfuscate and/or downplay the revelations of the Twitter Files by pointing to the fact that Twitter is a private company that can do what they want. The issue isn't what Twitter did, the issue is that government agencies and politicians were directing Twitter to ban and censor people based on the content of their speech. This should be incredibly chilling to anyone who cares about free speech, the 1st Amendment or freedom in general. It isn't the place of the US government to regulate, suppress or attempt to influence the speech of US citizens in any way, shape or form, regardless of how much they don't like that speech or find it inconvenient to their respective agendas. It isn't the job of the FBI, the CIA, the DHS or any other 3-letter agency to try to control the public narrative, whether they call it "managing misinformation" or "disinformation" or any other euphemism they come up with. This isn't a "right wing" or "left wing" issue. If we purport to be a democracy that exists based on the consent of the masses then we need to ensure that our consent is not being manufactured and manipulated by the very government that supposedly exists to represent and work for us.
- encryptluks2 4y agoAre we to believe that the intent of the Twitter nothingburger isn't meant to be a left-wing vs right-wing issue? I see it as nothing than a political ploy by Musk to cater towards Republicans ignoring their own misdeeds, and trying to set aim on Democrats.
- yucky 4y agoDo you realize the article is from Jacobin, probably the most credible left-wing publication in the English language?
- encryptluks2 4y agoThey said the same thing about Tim Pool who ended up being a tool, and many other personalities and news organizations that became a propaganda-arm for the conservative party.
- yucky 4y agoI would make a friendly suggestion to spend just a couple of minutes looking into Jacobin, hopefully in time to edit your comment :)
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- commandlinefan 4y ago> This should be incredibly chilling to anyone who cares about free speech I've been continually amazed, since more and more of the general population has become represented on the internet, how few people do care about free speech. Belief in freedom of speech seems to be a fringe position that's somehow managed to stay in the US legal system in spite of depressingly overwhelming opposition.
- bilirubin 4y ago[dead]