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i don't care about free speech, third time...

And he deserves far more than bans on social media. He got people killed! It’s saddening!!!

whatever

No. People died. It’s not “whatever”. It’s a sad sad day to know that this could’ve been avoided. You don’t get to say “whatever” to people legit dying.

im saying whatever to this convo

Again was only hoping to clear the air on the whole “being targeted for free speech” or help fix issues that sounded alarming. But were just dishonest comparisons.

I'm not saying Trump is the only one going too far on Twitter, first.
Secondly, yeah, free speech is a beautiful thing, a very necessary thing. But, and this COVID crisis made me think that more and more, it should be something you should be worthy of, not have as soon as you can express yourself.
I'm for free speech, but when people are spreading very wrong things (conspiracy theories by example), they go way too far.
So yeah, free speech is important, but like everything, it can be used wrongly, and people using it as such shouldn't be granted this privilege.
There's a difference between saying something, wrong or right, and spreading chaos through ill-advised messages.

I agree, free speech is important, but things like fearmongering, conspiracies and misinformation are a big problem

https://tenor.com/view/family-guy-woah-hold-up-wait-gif-5693923

I interupt this chat that hasn't had a post in 1:48 to notify youse of a planet party happening rn. https://weather.com/science/space/video/planet-party-happening-this-weekend-with-triple-conjunction

I guess giraffes have dwarfism as well. Seems a bit like devolution https://weather.com/science/nature/video/tiny-giraffes-are-dwarfs-and-might-be-the-first-of-their-kind

Mercury's glowing trail. https://weather.com/science/space/video/fuzzy-streak-behind-mercury-is-a-tail

The issue with this is how do you decide who is worthy, and more importantly WHO makes this decision? Frankly, I think the mere concept of another human deciding who gets to speak and who doesn't is the very height of arrogance. And like Noleen said, this is a power that can be very easily abused. If the president of the United States can be silenced, what exactly is stopping Twitter from shutting up anyone who disagrees with them? Where is the line drawn?

This isn't to imply that free speech should go without consequences; just that judging those consequences and who is deserving of them is a complicated issue that should not be decided by any individual entity. It's something we as a society need to come to a consensus on; not Twitter.

I think the point is to say that people aren't going to get special privileges and a free pass for abusing the terms of the platform in such a way that is harmful b/c of status. He's free outside of it. They just don't want a person using their platform to incite such acts and feel that may be connected.

W/ his recent concession video, there were many disgruntled supporters that called him a coward and most likely added to the threats he received, so one can also see it as protection and to prevent another person from digging themselves a deeper hole.

On a different note not politically related

Hello from Pennsylvania!

When did you arrive in PA?

best gohan design

About an hour ago now

And yes that is a good Gohan design

I guess we're in the same timezone again.
How's the weather there?

Not as bad as I thought it would be

The Midwest had a lot of snow still

Just leftover snow here slowly melting