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by FLGMwt 2823 days ago
Are you non-sarcastically defending Alex Jones?
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His right to free speech? Sure I am.
I'm quite certain he's still speaking, and no one is stopping him. You just can't go to Twitter to hear it.
You have the right to say (almost) anything you want. I have the right to tell you that you can't use my microphone. Someone else has the right to build a microphone tailored for you.
So I suppose you are all for Comcast, AT&T, etc. injecting ads into your traffic, charging premium for your Netflix binges, and worse?

I mean it's their ~~microphone~~ fiber.

Oh, but this is different, I'm sure you'll say, because reasons.

Well that's why we generally, in the US at least, have always thought it was a good idea to just allow all speech, even if some awful stuff leaks out once in a while.

He still has that. Just without someone else's soapbox to stand on. Being obnoxious is a right, but it can invite consequences.
Freedom of speech doesn’t mean freedom from consequence.
The right to free speech is not the right to a platform.
Dvorak: "Twitter and Facebook Are Publishers, Not Platforms" https://www.pcmag.com/commentary/363100/twitter-and-facebook...