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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by googlryas on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:00PM (#31783484)
Words have meaning, but that doesn't mean that:

1) The meaning of a phrase is the same as the meaning of stringing together the individual word definitions of the phrase.

2) There is a universally accepted, obvious definition of a phrase

I think you could reasonably call yourself a free speech absolutist, because you will never kick someone out of the public square for saying their peace, but you are still be allowed to not invite that person to your house for dinner.

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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by joenathanone on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:40PM (#31784038)
>I think you could reasonably call yourself a free speech absolutist, because you will never kick someone out of the public square for saying their peace, but you are still be allowed to not invite that person to your house for dinner.

What you describe is just regular ole free speech.

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Re:SpaceX said to fire employees involved in letter rebuking... by googlryas on Friday June 17, 2022 @04:52PM (#31784221)
Then whatever Twitter is/was does not align with "regular ole free speech", based on the people they've banned from their public square (and yes, public squares can be on private property).
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