PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars

Re:PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars by noelsusman on Friday September 21, 2018 @08:51PM (#18043839)

I'll just throw out that it's not a coincidence which specific edge-cases these people choose to get up in arms about.

Like, I don't see a lot of outrage from free speech types when liberal professors get fired for saying stupid shit. It's only a certain kind of speech being suppressed that they seem to care about.

http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/ut-condemns-t...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/2...

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Re:PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars by sheepmullet on Friday September 21, 2018 @08:58PM (#18043866)

> Like, I don't see a lot of outrage from free speech types when liberal professors get fired for saying stupid shit

Is it the same thing?

A better example would be if power companies and phone companies started disconnecting liberal professors for saying stupid shit.

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Re:PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars by noelsusman on Friday September 21, 2018 @09:32PM (#18043967)

I wasn't trying to make an analogy to this specific situation. You're right that it's not the same. I was just pointing out things I've noticed about the broader free speech discussion.

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Re:PayPal ends business dealings with Alex Jones's Infowars by andybak on Sunday September 23, 2018 @08:02AM (#18050681)

> from free speech types

How about center-left free speech types like me? I'm from the UK and it's so clear over hear which side of the spectrum "owns" free speech.

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