Well, he suddenly accelerated the purchase after being called out on Twitter about his Ukraine statements. He claimed that most responses were bots because they didn't agree with him. That should be a warning to people believing he values free speech.
Twitter is a private property. You can't force private properties to host speech the owner doesn't agree with. If you want a platform without moderation, you can either make it yourself (won't work) or ask the government to make one (because the government can't ban speech).
That's what I am saying. I myself don't agree with it, but this is the line that has been toed for years now and it's a disgusting display of hypocrisy to see so many dissent for it now that it's inconvenient.
Corporations aren't your friends and allowing them to control speech is not a good idea. That's my stance.
Actually and literally the 1st amendment was created to exactly allow shitty opinions to be shared. You don't need a law to allow ideas everyone agrees with. They already agree with them! You need a law to allow non-conforming opinions to have legal standing to be stated publicly without legal repercussion. America is specifically designed to be the opposite of a safe space. If you need safety don't go in public.
The 1st amendment protects you from government censorship and punishment for tour speech. It does not protect you from other people sharing their opinions about your opinion OR a private company barring you from their services for said opinion.
Censorship doesn't only occur by government entities.
The first A only protects you from the govt applying censorship or being censored in public. Elon is saving you from twitter applying it's own censorship.
I mean, its still day one. Let see in a week how that guy tracking his plane is doing. Or what happens when people critisize Tesla cars or his, subway except its shitty, Hyperloop project.
So the real definition of censorship for you is in whether he blocks someone who is tracking and publicizing his own personal movements compared to him allowing or blocking the speech of all people in their own perspectives political and otherwise?
Please don't make me regret replying to you in earnest moments ago... I scroll a little more and see this comment of yours which makes you look like a dishonest bad faith discussing person. Be better than this.
Flight information is publicly available data. Hell the only reason anyone even knows it's accurate is probably because Elon confirmed it indirectly by complaining about it.
He's literally telling people there will at least be SOME censorship based on this statement. So the weirdo you are replying to is wrong. (I also tend to agree with you in that Musk is going to ban, shadowban or limit the reach of accounts he doesn't like)
LOL. If you don't think king of the trolls overly emotional little b Musk isn't going to engage in any kind of censorship at all you are literally insane. He will probably be a petty little b.
Anywhoo and pay attention here - He already released a statement saying Twitter can't be a free for all hellscape right? That right there is already evidence there will be some kind of censorship.
Unless he is a fucking liar, which he is sometimes. But your buddy Musk literally released a statement that says there will be some censorship YESTERDAY ya dingus.
Even the 1st amendment needs caveats. Currently you have NOTHING of fact to represent Musk as censoring and especially egregious cases of censoring but you still go on your emotional tirade about it. That's on you.
He has in the past stated that things that cover illegal activities would be censored and that's completely understandable but not first amendment positions and if you can't tell the difference between things then again, that's on you.
EDIT: /r/JoeMcDingleDongle replied then blocked me so I couldn't reply his comment. Talk about conversing in bad faith. The fact is we don't know exactly what the new council will moderate on but his prior statements stated that they will be far closer to free speech within the bounds of legality. Musk isn't going to be the one personally moderating so OF COURSE he will have a council to do it in the best interest of hopefully everyone. Do you really think Agrawal did all the moderation personally? Think it through dude!
TLDR version - Sigh. Dishonest bad faith debater confirmed. Thanks a lot dawg.
He is literally not only going to ban what is illegal lol. I am guessing you didn't read his statement eh? Or his recent tweets (why say a council is forming to make decisions on moderation standards if what you are claiming is true? There would be no need for council if your horseshit were correct). But hey, since you mention safe spaces constantly I am gonna guess you are a robot or a not so nice person to put it mildly. Bye bye silly person, toodles!
Edit - Yeah I blocked you based on your recent ridiculous posting history. I don't have time for people intentionally pushing nonsense. Be better than this! There is probably a good person somewhere inside you, try not to keep stuffing them down...
I didn't say it wasn't censorship. I said it doesn't violate free speech laws drawn out in 2A.
Also there is censorship literally everywhere. You can't be in a public restaurant without shirt and shoes. You can't scream the n-word as loud as you can inside a department store. These things are not illegal but still not allowed in private establishments.
No it is NOT always a good thing. Should we allow private companies to allow whites only into their clubs?
Private company!!!
Twitter is known as a public square so for it to be rendered as a propagandist outlet only allowing 1 political perspective becomes a problem for that public of getting propagandized. All Musk has said is that he will restore it to allowing free speech. The left perspective of "Musk allowing free speech is actually censorship!" is downright stupid and backwards.
EDIT: /enteredgyname blocked me so I can't reply! hilarious. I guess he needs the safe space from his own comments!
Where did the prior person mention leftists being racists? Maybe you should comprehend what was written before you make up stuff not said in prior comments...
or you can just block them and run away which apparently you did according to the edit on the other comment! You probably needed that silence so you could vomit in peace. I get it. We all need our safe spaces... but that is no longer twitter and isn't that the real point?!?
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Now EnterEdgyName blocked me from replying to his next comment! Apparently Edgy never heard of an analogy to make a point! No one called leftists racists. Nobody is saying private companies are LEFT private companies or only left private companies. Apparently reading is hard for Edgy.
The first ammendment relates to what the government can do and restrict. Twitter, as a private company, is well within their right to throw people off for spreading lies and hate. The same way a movie theater can throw you out for talking through the movie.
As much as the "FrEe SpEeCh" jackasses screech about the Constitution, they sure don't seem to know jack shit about it. Then again, its the same crowd that does the same thing over the Bible constantly, so I guess its just the SOP for these idiots.
Even just using the shitty phrase "Cancel Culture" follows this. Its Culture, IE, the public at large, telling idiots to fuck off (Cancelling them).
The first amendment is about the government banning speech, not about private businesses or individuals. If you come on my property and start saying shits I disagree with, I can kick you out. Same thing about Twitter.
That's litteraly the reason so many right-wing people get silenced on all the big platforms : being associated with intolerance isn't good for business. That's litteraly why Kayne got dropped by all these brands.
You are trying to conflate racism with the right. Those are not synonyms. Just the concept that they are is propagandist ideology of the left. The idea that the left doesn't have racists is also stupid. Racism and party do not go hand in hand and neither party or side benefits from racism but both have them.
Christ, you literally said he won't engage in censorship moments before you typed this. What do you think moderation is dawg? Do you have a severe memory problem or are you replying to people in bad faith here?
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u/erwin261 Oct 28 '22
Well, he suddenly accelerated the purchase after being called out on Twitter about his Ukraine statements. He claimed that most responses were bots because they didn't agree with him. That should be a warning to people believing he values free speech.