Comment by gjsman-1000
1 year ago
"Free Speech Massacre"
I thought Gizmodo was on the team ranting against X having "free speech." But now that something went wrong with it, they are on the pro "free speech" side?
We need a stronger word than hypocrite. Though, I shouldn't be surprised - G/O Media (who owns Gizmodo, Jezebel, Kotaku) is well known for being peddlers of poppycock.
They're pointing out Musk's hypocrisy after repeatedly claiming himself to be a "free speech absolutionist". If someone hurts his feelings or calls out his BS he bans or blocks them. Very thin skinned and sensitive, desperate for attention and likes. I'm not even on Twitter and I've heard of this.
You are confusing absolute free speech and free speech.
Musk asserts that he subscribes to absolute free speech, but continuously shows that he most definitely does not, usually through being a thin skinned snowflake.
That is not what Musk asserts, while it's an aspirational goal, he has always said twitter is limited by laws of the government they operate in.
He doesn't seem to be exactly eager to comply with various European laws:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/eu-investigates-x-over-po...
Dude. lol.
There are numerous tweets and clips of musk himself stating he is a free speech absolutist.
This whole “within the confines of the law” only came out after he bought twitter and after advertisers left the platform out of fear of absolutist free speech.
I thought the argument by those for censorship was in this order:
1. You have no right to hate speak. 2. Companies don't have to give you a platform. 3. It's not censorship unless the government is doing it! 4. Muh freez peach
I guess we are now trying to walk back our previous declarations by saying that "Free Speech" and "Absolute Free Speech" are distinct things.
How about instead we learn that if we censor and silence critics that the same tactics will be used by the other side, and a civilized society this does not make.
> 1. You have no right to hate speak.
you have the right to hate speak. Hate speak all you like!
>2. Companies don't have to give you a platform.
they dont!
> 3. It's not censorship unless the government is doing it!
you can use the word "censorship" anywhere, it's just if you are going to claim First Amendment rights, then only the government is involved there.
> How about instead we learn that if we censor and silence critics that the same tactics will be used by the other side, and a civilized society this does not make.
Re: hate speech, Popper would disagree with you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
I thought absolutist freeze peach meant “anyone can say anything without consequence” except for
Muslims
LGBTQ
People with alternate personas reading books to children
Teachers
Academics
Scientists
I mean. If we’re going to play a game of “who consistently applies their belief”, you’re not going to win.
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