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> I find it mind blowing that people refer to Twitter as "once great" now that it is known that it was essentially a disgusting totalitarian political censorshi

> I find it mind blowing that people refer to Twitter as "once great" now that it is known that it was essentially a disgusting totalitarian political censorship and propaganda tool for one of the 2 political flavors in the US. You're delusional. Twitter before the acquisition was extremely politically neutral and gave extremist right wing voices way more leeway than should be socially acceptable. Post-acquisition has turned it into the 'totalitarian political censorship and propaganda tool' that you're describing, for Musk's personal and political interests, which at the time seem to be ultra-far right.

TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
The fact that the platform is now explicitly transphobic is a case in point. Musk has made transphobia part of his policy position.
- eric_cc 3y ago
  > The fact that the platform is now explicitly transphobic is a case in point. Musk has made transphobia part of his policy position. Hacker News has become Reddit. ${the thing I hate} is racist and transphobic!! And mindless anti-Musk hate. We should not accept this type of comment ^^^ it is objectively and intellectually dishonest.
  - TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
    I said that Twitter is transphobic because Musk has made transphobic statements and has asserted that they are Twitter policy. And he owns Twitter, so they are Twitter policy. Ergo, Twitter is transphobic. This is not hyperbole; it is a simple statement of fact.
eric_cc 3y ago
> You're delusional. Twitter before the acquisition was extremely politically neutral and gave extremist right wing voices way more leeway than should be socially acceptable. LOL wow.. calling somebody else delusional is serious projection! Twitter was far from neutral. It was obvious to any objective skeptic in real-time then supporting evidence such as Twitter Files confirmed it. Twitter was far left of center and used constant censorship against opposing views.

TRiG_Ireland 3y ago

The fact that the platform is now explicitly transphobic is a case in point. Musk has made transphobia part of his policy position.

eric_cc 3y ago
> The fact that the platform is now explicitly transphobic is a case in point. Musk has made transphobia part of his policy position. Hacker News has become Reddit. ${the thing I hate} is racist and transphobic!! And mindless anti-Musk hate. We should not accept this type of comment ^^^ it is objectively and intellectually dishonest.
- TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
  I said that Twitter is transphobic because Musk has made transphobic statements and has asserted that they are Twitter policy. And he owns Twitter, so they are Twitter policy. Ergo, Twitter is transphobic. This is not hyperbole; it is a simple statement of fact.

eric_cc 3y ago

> You're delusional. Twitter before the acquisition was extremely politically neutral and gave extremist right wing voices way more leeway than should be socially acceptable. LOL wow.. calling somebody else delusional is serious projection! Twitter was far from neutral. It was obvious to any objective skeptic in real-time then supporting evidence such as Twitter Files confirmed it. Twitter was far left of center and used constant censorship against opposing views.