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by Simplicitas 1234 days ago
Definitely a prisoner's dilemma .. an applicable take on where all this is going is Popper's Paradox Of Tolerance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance). Not sure that Elon and many other seemingly well-intended social media free-speech advocates fully grasp the implications of this.
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We simply cannot tolerate those who think that the government should have a hand in suppressing political speech.
>Definitely a prisoner's dilemma .. an applicable take on where all this is going is Popper's Paradox Of Tolerance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance). Not sure that Elon and many other seemingly well-intended social media free-speech advocates fully grasp the implications of this.

In terms of paradox of tolerance. Even in the USA, there are limits on free speech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...

You cant advocate for violence in the USA. Not only is this not protected by free speech, it's a crime.

The assertion of "tolerance without limit" doesnt apply. There's your limits right there.

Elon's twitter never changed this rule. You may not advocate for violence on twitter. This is not in contradiction with Elon's free speech absolutism.

What's important to understand is say Reddit who has eliminated free speech. What do you earn? You earn echo chambers, you divide your populous. You never solve your problems. Each side sees only the worst of the other side. Nobody talks to each other again. Political polarization is 100% because of no free speech on social media.

>You're posting too fast. Please slow down. Thanks.

I'm shadow banned and flagged on HN so I can't respond to you until it's lifted. Guess it was more than a 1 hour ban. Imagine attempting to have a conversation on HN and not being able to reply

Good ole -10, goto jail for me. Thanks prisoners dilemma.

How ironic, but not surprising. What a waste of time. So long and thanks for all the fish.

You can actually advocate violence legally in the US, just not as directly as you might want to. Talk to a lawyer first. Some of the key things to remember are that you don't mention a time or place of what you want to happen, and leave the details of exactly who's going to do it and what the specific action is a bit fuzzy.