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To: CatHerd

See #25. I already stated this and you ignored it.

“Elon has the right to censor. But it doesn’t change the fact that those sensitive to free speech are cry babies. We are falling right into their trap by capitulating to their bubble wrapped sensitivities.”


41 posted on 12/02/2022 7:11:59 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Openurmind

Now you are wanting it both ways. You say he has a right to censor, but also claim it’s “capitulating to crybabies”.

The reality is that the vast majority of people don’t want anything-goes free speech, or they’d all be hanging out on 8kun and the like. And the reality is that a legitimate social media site or forum is open to lawsuits concerning incitement to violence. Unlike dicey sites on the dark web that hide on dodgy foreign servers.

If you want to hang out on a platform where anything goes, there’s always 8kun.

Do you really think Musk should turn Twitter into 8kun? If not, then you have to admit he not only has a right to censor, he has a duty to stockholders and users to exercise some censorship. And stop criticizing him for doing so.


46 posted on 12/02/2022 7:22:48 AM PST by CatHerd (Whoever said "All's fair in love and war" probably never participated in either.)
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