This freedom of speech thing is going swimmingly.
It really is. Protected political speech is much easier to have and the liberal doxxers are being punished.
Taylor Lorenz Banned from Twitter
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#22This freedom of speech thing is going swimmingly.
It’s interesting that snide comments like this get pinned to the top while my own comments get removed + personal warnings from Dang.
HN mod bias is thick. Fortunately many of the users are able to think for themselves and can see through the rot.
Re: Taylor Lorenz Banned from Twitter
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure but that’s not the point. Phony Stark acquired Twitter because he had concerns about erosion of free speech on the platform, and yet he is doing (and has done) more to erode free speech on the platform in the last month than has happened in the prior decade. Rather ironic for a self-professed “free speech absolutist”.
He's allowed to be ironic. Before he bought it nobody seemed to care about "free speech" on Twitter. Journalists and sitting presidents were banned and people cheered. Why the sudden concern now? Just because people you like are getting banned? I've been consistent. I support a private company's right to do business with whoever they want, and not with anybody they don't. It doesn't change just because they ban peopl…
Of course he is, just like he doesn’t have to worry about the First Amendment. But again that’s not the point. I can only explain this to you; I can’t understand it for you.
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#24This freedom of speech thing is going swimmingly.
This also follows the pattern of journalists who report directly on him being suspended - Linette Lopez of Business Insider is still suspended. https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-suspends-insiders-li...
Yeah it's almost like things that affect you personally are more likely to come to your attention.
Re: Taylor Lorenz Banned from Twitter
#25Why?
She made her name doxxing people (LibsofTikTok being one of the more egregious examples). California has a law against doxxing.
I personally think it's stupid, but my opinion doesn't matter. I do see the irony though with how vocal the ban complaints are now that the other side is getting the same treatment. I just think it won't matter. Nobody is going to self-reflect and suddenly understand why it was wrong then if its wrong now. So then all you do is end up playing in the mud with the other pigs. It's short sighted.
Re: Taylor Lorenz Banned from Twitter
#26Why?
She made her name doxxing people (LibsofTikTok being one of the more egregious examples). California has a law against doxxing. I personally think it's stupid, but my opinion doesn't matter. I do see the irony though with how vocal the ban complaints are now that the other side is getting the same treatment. I just think it won't matter. Nobody is going to self-reflect and suddenly understand why it was wrong then if…
Sounds like that's the claimed justification, but the reality is what she says in her substack, he got mad at her and then looked for a reason/justification to punish her.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604482428281753601
He just torched even more good will imo and actually allowed her to seem righteous. I guess some time has allowed him to realize this was idiotic. What a stupid unforced error on Musk's part.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
She made her name doxxing people (LibsofTikTok being one of the more egregious examples). California has a law against doxxing. I personally think it's stupid, but my opinion doesn't matter. I do see the irony though with how vocal the ban complaints are now that the other side is getting the same treatment. I just think it won't matter. Nobody is going to self-reflect and suddenly understand why it was wrong then if…
Sounds like that's the claimed justification, but the reality is what she says in her substack, he got mad at her and then looked for a reason/justification to punish her. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604482428281753601 He just torched even more good will imo and actually allowed her to seem righteous. I guess some time has allowed him to realize this was idiotic. What a stupid unforced error on Musk's part.
I could see the good will argument as it relates to a real journalist, but I don't think anybody takes Taylor Lorenz seriously, do they? She's appears to just be a doxxer and social media outrage peddler.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sounds like that's the claimed justification, but the reality is what she says in her substack, he got mad at her and then looked for a reason/justification to punish her. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604482428281753601 He just torched even more good will imo and actually allowed her to seem righteous. I guess some time has allowed him to realize this was idiotic. What a stupid unforced error on Musk's part.
I could see the good will argument as it relates to a real journalist, but I don't think anybody takes Taylor Lorenz seriously, do they? She's appears to just be a doxxer and social media outrage peddler.
Rules should be clear and consistently applied. Not just enforced based on how much Elon Musk likes you.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I could see the good will argument as it relates to a real journalist, but I don't think anybody takes Taylor Lorenz seriously, do they? She's appears to just be a doxxer and social media outrage peddler.
Rules should be clear and consistently applied. Not just enforced based on how much Elon Musk likes you.
This is the argument conservatives have been making for years. They were told to build their own platform if they didn't like it, so the irony couldn't be thicker.
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Rules should be clear and consistently applied. Not just enforced based on how much Elon Musk likes you.
This is the argument conservatives have been making for years. They were told to build their own platform if they didn't like it, so the irony couldn't be thicker.
Conservatives and liberals in the online culture war being hypocrites is the furthest thing from ironic.