the i dont care about politics anymore thread

[Ooloo]

There's just fundamentally no good argument for censorship.

The left's pro-censorship argument seems to boil down to: Other people (who are not me of course) are too stupid to not do bad things if they hear bad words.

And then they wonder why people call them snobby elitists. If you're smart and intelligent, you dissuade bad speech with good speech. You don't ban it like a coward who has no real talents or arguments or anything to say.

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

has elon ever pitched his idea of what the rules should be for twitter?

Yep. He did right away

Any legal speech will be legal on Twitter, he was saying

So these would essentially be twitter’s rules

[Ooloo]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

has elon ever pitched his idea of what the rules should be for twitter?

Yes, he said they should be the same as what is legally allowed by the US constitution, since twitter is a US company supposedly dedicated to the exchange of ideas.

Here's hitchens again perfectly explaining this issue for the dolts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YhEfTpCILk (this was in reference to the debate over cartoons critical of islam, but it's the exact same principle).

"One of the vices of those who would oppress the opinions of others is that they make themselves the prisoners of their own opinions."

[Jibartik]

his 8 comandments.

[Horza]

Originally Posted by Ooloo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There's just fundamentally no good argument for censorship.

The left's pro-censorship argument seems to boil down to: Other people (who are not me of course) are too stupid to not do bad things if they hear bad words.

And then they wonder why people call them snobby elitists. If you're smart and intelligent, you dissuade bad speech with good speech. You don't ban it like a coward who has no real talents or arguments or anything to say.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in E.U. fines would seem like a pretty good argument to me if I was a ruthless capitalist businessman.

[robayon]

Originally Posted by Ooloo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you're smart and intelligent, you dissuade bad speech with good speech. You don't ban it like a coward who has no real talents or arguments or anything to say.

hey ooloo is killing someone an effective form of stopping their speech, you think?

yeah more hypocritical drivel, you guys on the right love censorship, you just call it by another name

feel free to dissuade me with speech, it worked so well for you last time you whined about abortions in america while ignoring the piles of dead babies our actions collectively result in elsewhere

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Horza [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hundreds of millions of dollars in E.U. fines would seem like a pretty good argument to me if I was a ruthless capitalist businessman.

[unsunghero]

Hate speech now allowed on Twitter [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sad day

[starkind]

Hate to say this ooloo bias and propaganda misinformation disinformation. It exists. It's a fact of life. Left, right, both scream it and fake news.

The real problem is people not wanting to acknowledge their side is doing it. Or even willing to admit they do it. And so they will go die on a hill... to get their way.

Say on abortion. Instead of just supporting the facts and doing the conservative thing. Keeping the government out of it whether it's for or against it.

[Horza]

If you think a big corporation like Twitter cares more about pandering to Trumptards who can't get past his embarrassing loss than access to half a billion Europeans, then you're going to be in for an unpleasant surprise.