So Much for Free Speech
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In a move more characteristic of autocratic regimes like Russia and China than the United States, the long-running Boston band the Dropkick Murphys have had their account on X (formerly Twitter) suspended, after a series of aggressive comments directed at President Donald Trump, his sidekick Elon Musk — who acquired the company in 2022 — and their followers.
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It's ok, X is just exercising their rights.
Rights are good.
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@Copper said in So Much for Free Speech:
It's ok, X is just exercising their rights.
Rights are good.
The above is @copper now
The below is @copper then (circa Dec 2022). LOL
It is pretty bad
The twitter employees who did this are trash
The questions will be, did government officials use twitter to prevent free speech? And when will they be put in jail?
Just teasing you.
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If it wasn't for double standards, we'd have no standards at all.
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If it wasn't for double standards, we'd have no standards at all.
wrote 22 days ago last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in So Much for Free Speech:
If it wasn't for double standards, we'd have no standards at all.
Yes, it is bad for Tucker to make stuff up, but it is ok for tg
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@Doctor-Phibes said in So Much for Free Speech:
If it wasn't for double standards, we'd have no standards at all.
Yes, it is bad for Tucker to make stuff up, but it is ok for tg
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Congress can make no law abridging the freedom of speech.
X can.
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wrote 21 days ago last edited by Doctor Phibes
Presumably they're still trash, though, right?
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wrote 21 days ago last edited by
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Presumably they're still trash, though, right?
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This is hilarious. The sides of “town square” and “private business” have done a neat little switch.
wrote 21 days ago last edited by@xenon noticed that, did you? LOL.
