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I think the Venn Diagram of free speech absolutists and competent developers is a lot smaller than Elon and most people realize.

Twitter has never been nor propertied itself to be a bastion of free speech, so I always find this pearl-clutching at "meddling in X" funny. It's a private company, it can do as it please.



> Twitter has never been nor propertied itself to be a bastion of free speech

"We are the free speech wing of the free speech party"[1]

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/mar/22/twitter-tony-w...


“Free speech absolutists” is just a propaganda term for “People who say things I don’t like.”


I think there are hardly any free speech absolutists these days. Who's standing up for free speech when it's free speech they detest? Instead it's a bunch of people loudly defending their free speech.




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