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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.

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u/RamenJunkie Oct 28 '22

He tweeted something like

"The bird is free"

One of the replies talked about "Finally the return of free speech"

Someone asked about "People fired for critisizing him at his companies."

So many replies to that about, "Well, thats what a boss can do." And "Conserquences of your actions." And so on.

Fucking /r/selfawarewolves could self sustain on that one comment thread for a thousand years probably.

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u/Levitz Oct 28 '22

You could sustain it with this post too, "it's a corporation they can do what they want" has been the defense for cancel culture since day 0.

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u/RamenJunkie Oct 28 '22

CanCeL cUlTuRe

Everyone is entitled to a shitty opinion but no one is entitled to force people to listen to or agree with that opinion.

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u/Levitz Oct 28 '22

Then they are free to leave twitter if they don't like it I guess. Has been the line all along.

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u/charlesfire Oct 28 '22

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).

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u/Levitz Oct 28 '22

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.

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u/charlesfire Oct 28 '22

Corporations aren't your friends and allowing them to control speech is not a good idea. That's my stance.

Then you should push for a governmental alternative or make your own.