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> This is much more true of the “other side” than “Musk and like ilk”. No, it's not. It's Musk and his ilk that hate media, hate reporters, hate when their dir
by burnte 2y ago
> This is much more true of the “other side” than “Musk and like ilk”.
No, it's not. It's Musk and his ilk that hate media, hate reporters, hate when their dirty tricks are brought to light.
> The hate against Musk and X is primarily because a lot of people on one political side hate that they’re no longer steering public discourse.
This is PARTIALLY true but misleading. We're upset that he has decided that fascists, racists, and Nazis need to have their hateful views shared. As a society we've ben working on equality for decades, so this is a major step backwards.
> Also the current X does far less steering (in any direction) than the censorship heavy regime of the past.
This is also not true. Only hate speech was removed from Twitter. Now it's people Musk doesn't like.
- blackeyeblitzar 2y ago> Only hate speech was removed from Twitter. Discussing the lab leak theory or writing news pieces about Hunter Biden were “hate speech”? I don’t like the idea of some label like “hate speech” because it is highly subjective. We have the notion of free speech in the US constitution because it is so fundamental to a functioning democracy. Giant social media platforms are no different from your electrical utility - if they censor, it has impact similar to us not having foundational rights like in the first amendment.
- burnte 2y ago> Discussing the lab leak theory Harmful disinformation. > or writing news pieces about Hunter Biden were “hate speech”? Evidence for this? > I don’t like the idea of some label like “hate speech” because it is highly subjective. No, it's not. Saying one group of humans is somehow inferior, racism, sexism, calls for violence, these are clear and unacceptable. Your comfort is not more important than a safe public space for all citizens. Even the constitution doesn't allow unlimited speech, so that's not an argument against this. Further, the constitution doesn't apply to private companies limiting user activity on their own sites. I don't have to let you put signs on my lawn.