Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders

Re:Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders by PartiallyTyped on Friday March 19, 2021 @04:13PM (#26517741)

Free speech is not concerned with a person's ability to spew and regurgitate bs in private platforms and I see no reason to give her preferential treatment over anyone else.

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Re:Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders by andyxor on Friday March 19, 2021 @04:49PM (#26518029)

freedom of speech protections exist to protect against this exact sentiment.

You can't just silence everyone you disagree with.

They have their right for 'spewing' their 'bs' just like you have for 'spewing' yours.

And it's not up to you, me or Twitter to decide which opinions are right or wrong.

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Re:Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders by BeetleB on Friday March 19, 2021 @05:53PM (#26518499)

> freedom of speech protections exist to protect against this exact sentiment.

Sorry, but that's plainly false. No legal scholar will agree with you.

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Re:Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders by PartiallyTyped on Friday March 19, 2021 @05:01PM (#26518117)

They can go in a public place to do, e.g. press conferences and so on.

Any person has the right to dictate a mode of conduct on their platform and penalize individuals who do not follow said code. Why should I be paying for bandwidth and host the content of any individual who does not follow my rules in my platform? I provide a service and I have the right to dictate who gets to use it.

The senator can go spew her homophobia, conspiracy theories and racism in a public space, nobody prevents her, but I certainly wouldn't provide a platform for her and her ilk.

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Re:Calling for public input on our approach to world leaders by andyxor on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:37PM (#26520625)

*decide for others

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