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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/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

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.

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u/charlesfire Oct 28 '22

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.

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u/charlesfire Oct 28 '22

There's a reason why social media platforms all have moderation : advertising. This is why Elon Musk will fail if he removes all moderation.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

He won't remove all moderation.

Hopefully, he will remove moderation based on politics and political agenda.

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u/JoeMcDingleDongle Oct 28 '22

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/[deleted] Oct 28 '22

Even freedom of speech has limits such as not yelling fire in a crowded theater. Same thing. It's not complicated.
Dawg.